The Queen's State of Essequibo Estate is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 31.696 billion Essequibo Estateans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.8%.

The thriving Essequibo Estatean economy, worth 998 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is 31,491 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 88,893 per year while the poor average 8,930, a ratio of 10.0 to 1.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Essequibo Estate's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Essequibo Estate is ranked 214,906^th in the world and 378^th in State for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 47.96 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.