The Commonweal of Testa is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Caterina Nogson with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, conspicuous electricity pylons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 32.374 billion Testans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Education, with Environment, Healthcare, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Noghaven. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Testan economy, worth a remarkable 9,437 trillion Groats a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 291,516 Groats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Civil engineers are undermining sinkholes, entomologists flock to Noghaven for its remarkable gadfly population, the Testan government is the world's largest NGO, and the once prosperous capital is in utter decline. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Testa's national animal is the Mongoose, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Atheist.

Testa is ranked 487^th in the world and 9^th in 10000 Islands for Nicest Citizens, with 114.16 average smiles per day.