The Imperial State of Castelia is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Adalbert Impera Corvinius with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 19.953 billion Castelians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Castelia City. The average income tax rate is 97.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Castelian economy, worth a remarkable 7,846 trillion mordons a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 393,258 mordons, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,108,091 per year while the poor average 38,347, a ratio of 55.0 to 1.

Asking 'a penny for your thoughts?' draws law enforcement response, genuine Borhols and Bonkskys can be found in every museum, solar death ray construction will commence as soon as it rains mordons, and promising seven years of bad luck leads to seven years of community service. Crime is totally unknown. Castelia's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The High Church of Castelia.

Castelia is ranked 124,277^th in the world and 80^th in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,653.77 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.