The Socialist Republic of Estam is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, digital currency, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 741 million Estamites are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novlitsa. The average income tax rate is 71.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Estamite economy, worth 64.9 trillion Vitrezzes 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 Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is 87,600 Vitrezzes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, citizens with artificial limbs are forbidden to serve as beauty pageant judges, years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details, and voting is voluntary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Estam's national animal is the goose, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Estam is ranked 128,615^th in the world and 23^rd in Quarantine Zone for Nicest Citizens, with 13 average smiles per day.