The Monarchist Republic of Echnochaed is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by King Daniel I with an iron fist, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.651 billion Echnochaedians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rosilia. The average income tax rate is 32.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Echnochaedian economy, worth 159 trillion Echnochaedian Rosallas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,378 Echnochaedian Rosallas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Echnochaedian Embarrassments, mountains of VHS tapes of police actions are stacking up in the National Library, the flight attendant who draws the short straw is on "cockpit bucket duty", and veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Echnochaed's national animal is the Echnochaedian Lion, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Christianity.

Echnochaed is ranked 277,224^th in the world and 6,113^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -62.2 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.