The Republic of Esteei is a mammoth, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, otherworldly petting zoo, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 6.078 billion Esteeians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 28.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Esteeian economy, worth 265 trillion baht a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,761 baht, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", fresh food is a thing of the past due to onerous testing standards, travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, and heavily-laden pregnant women are told they can manage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Esteei's national animal is the sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Esteei is ranked 160,163^rd in the world and 39^th in Lassa for Largest Black Market, with 981 billion Standard Monetary Units.