The Royal Kingdom of Costa Estre is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Queen Beauty Aleena II with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 29.199 billion Estrenians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marina Bay. The average income tax rate is 15.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Costa Estrenian economy, worth an astonishing 12,348 trillion estranus dimes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 422,911 estranus dimes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

A murderous reputation can revitalise a flagging celebrity career, teach an angler how to phish and he can make a living, vats of anabolic steroids are being dumped into the ocean to make Costa Estrenian mussels the biggest in the South Pacific, and a suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Costa Estrenian politicians. Crime is totally unknown. Costa Estre's national animal is the royal tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Islam.

Costa Estre is ranked 347^th in the world and 12^th in the South Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 582 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.