The Associate Custodianship of Esterlon is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Deputy-General Erhard Hayes with an even hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, digital currency, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 24.558 billion Esterlonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ambersyell. The average income tax rate is 54.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Esterlonian economy, worth a remarkable 8,771 trillion NationStates Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 357,164 NationStates Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Deputy-General Erhard Hayes's iHouse is so intelligent that it manages its own social media accounts, arbitrary election rules are considered sacrosanct, no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, and pranking is an art form. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Esterlon's national animal is the Pigeon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Esterlon is ranked 20,493^rd in the world and 3^rd in New Hyperion for Lowest Crime Rates, with 92.46 law-abiding acts per hour.