The Commonwealth of Summerstrand is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Alara Brightflame with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.8 billion Summerstrandians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dragon's Roost. The average income tax rate is 58.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Summerstrandian economy, worth 105 trillion Crescents a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,227 Crescents, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Coastlines are giant slag heaps, public intoxication has decreased ever since fraternities were banned, dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, and class boundaries start and end with the firmness of local tomatoes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Summerstrand's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Summerstrand is ranked 286,114^th in the world and 6^th in Imaginationland for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -6.07 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.