The United Socialist States of Esperonia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President Scarboro with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 3.236 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 559 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 172,915 Carbon Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dubiously qualified East Lebatuckese doctors prescribe ice baths as a treatment for pneumonia, forgetting to pay your annual passport bill is a leading cause of deportations, family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, and celebrities sit helplessly as they are labeled "pompous womples" by President Scarboro. 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 4,428^th in the world and 186^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 180 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.