The United Socialist States of Esperonia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Scarboro with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and daily referendums. The compassionate, cheerful population of 3.354 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 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Esperonian economy, worth 582 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 impressive 173,628 Carbon Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, kindergarten teachers with ankle-bracelets are closely supervised by their parole officers, some electoral districts are without a representative as they are stuck with perpetual revotes, and citizens ask "how many crooks could a nunchuck hook if a nun had nunchucks too?". 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 8,074^th in the world and 388^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 452.91 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.