The Custodianship of Esmerel is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Coordinator-General Adrian Santaruz with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 21.91 billion Esmerelians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lapiz Point. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Esmerelian economy, worth a remarkable 6,851 trillion NationStates Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 312,712 NationStates Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists are terrified of fabulous new breakthroughs, raccoons are plump and satiated, Goldilocks has found a lucrative career as a zoning consultant, and teenage girls worry that they'll be unpopular if their skirts aren't short enough. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Esmerel's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Esmerel is ranked 911^th in the world and 1^st in New Hyperion for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 16,196.47 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.