The Commonwealth of Dester is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Basileus with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.853 billion Desteri hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avalon. The average income tax rate is 74.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Desteri economy, worth a remarkable 1,132 trillion talons 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 Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 114,909 talons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When their backs are against the walls Desteri look out for gay men, thieves find battery shops juicier targets than banks, pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security, and Basileus is strangely popular with male politicians' wives. Crime is totally unknown. Dester's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Dester is ranked 5,831^st in the world and 7^th in Caer Sidi for Nicest Citizens, with 44.42 average smiles per day.