The Democratic Republic of Esseria is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 941 million Esserians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Esseria City. The average income tax rate is 47.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Esserian economy, worth 36.6 trillion asters a year, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,902 asters, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Napalm is the tool of choice for disabling eco-unfriendly forestry operations, the government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting, faceless corporations are expected to assume parental responsibility over millions of teenagers, and strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Esseria's national animal is the Esserian golden fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Esseria is ranked 208,978^th in the world and 44^th in Hive for Largest Populations, with 941 million capita.