The Royal Kingdom of Costa Estre is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by The Queen Beauty Aleena II with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, sprawling nuclear power plants, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 24.082 billion Estrenians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

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 6.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Costa Estrenian economy, worth a remarkable 9,414 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 390,944 estranus dimes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Matryoshka dolls resembling nested Death Stars are commonly sold, Max Barry is this year's Miss Costa Estre, sweet-toothed Estrenians have been left penniless by the VAT on candy, and the national anthem is considered broadly offensive to those who don't believe in Islam. 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 2,278^th in the world and 56^th in the South Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 3,445.97 pounds of wildlife per square mile.