The Socialist Federation of Outer Konestana is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Nikolay Morosky with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.096 billion Konestanans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avoska. The average income tax rate is 72.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Konestanan economy, worth 458 trillion compunes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 148,250 compunes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Historical commemorations regularly devolve into militaristic jingoism, debate rages over whether ground fish guts can be spread on fields, shivering secretaries type letters under torrential downpours in open-roof offices, and recent events in Dàguó have been classified 'for Nikolay Morosky's eyes only'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Outer Konestana's national animal is the golden eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Secularism.

Outer Konestana is ranked 302,717^th in the world and 5,289^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 43.47 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.