The Commonwealth of Aestauria is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, free-roaming dinosaurs, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 2.259 billion Aestaurians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Capital. The average income tax rate is 22.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aestaurian economy, worth 255 trillion Pound Sterlings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 113,109 Pound Sterlings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The new cheese tax is colloquially known as "wheel welfare", candidates make campaign speeches at the funerals of former rivals, the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, and veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days. Crime is totally unknown. Aestauria's national animal is the sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Aestauria is ranked 24,425^th in the world and 604^th in the South Pacific for Most Efficient Economies, scoring 97.9 on the Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index.