The Empire of Costvoa is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Evan Sowell with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, hard-working population of 4.697 billion Costvoans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed, including voting. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government prioritizes Administration, with Welfare, Defense, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of lindonia. The average income tax rate is 12.1%.

The Costvoan economy, worth 296 trillion moiknias a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 63,071 moiknias, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

The nation has an international reputation for compassion, poaching has been on the rise after animals from the nation's zoos were released into the wild, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and heavily subsidised Costvoan baskets litter the streets of Solstice. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Costvoa's national animal is the aninkaot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Costvoa is ranked 134,010^th in the world and 5^th in Solstice for Largest Black Market, with 1.44 trillion Standard Monetary Units.