The United Socialist States of Cestea is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 352 million Cesteans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Cestean economy, worth 1.90 trillion Rens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 5,410 Rens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cestea's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Cestea is ranked 46,614^th in the world and 13^th in The Charter for Most Secular, with 24.77 Atheism Rate.