The United Socialist States of Esperonia is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Scarboro with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, otherworldly petting zoo, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.55 billion Esperonians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Batasunara. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Esperonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,936 trillion Carbon Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 226,471 Carbon Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Violetist community celebrates bombshells being dropped on Esperonia, science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", and anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Esperonia's national animal is the Okapi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is None.

Esperonia is ranked 317,752^nd in the world and 4,504^th in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -8.39 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.