The Republic of Centaina is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Óscar Santiago with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 2.321 billion Centainians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fort Satine. The average income tax rate is 68.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Centainan economy, worth 269 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 116,223 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government buildings are being cleansed of anything that might have racist connotations, scientists who publish a non-reproducible result are tarred and feathered, the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, and dreams of replicator technology have been dashed following a ban on 3D printers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Centaina's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Centaina is ranked 35,095^th in the world and 407^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 81.06 on the Human Development Index.