The People's Commonwealth of New Cerastan is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Federal Govener with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.251 billion Cerastanis love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cerian. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Cerastani economy, worth 251 trillion Cerastani Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 111,622 Cerastani Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, Coco the Clown has been elected to the nation's parliament, and foreigners must sell an arm and a leg to afford surgery in New Cerastan. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Cerastan's national animal is the Cerastani Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Cerastan is ranked 249,922^nd in the world and 1,476^th in the Outback for Fattest Citizens, with 7.43 Obesity Rate.