The Council of Cessarea is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Feathers-of-Burgundy with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.304 billion Cessareans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cessarea-Barnaus. The average income tax rate is 79.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Cessarean economy, worth 266 trillion labores a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Gambling. Average income is 80,514 labores, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Home renovation projects take decades to complete, Feathers-of-Burgundy's new door-knocking campaign has the sweet taste of success, the nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake, and the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cessarea's national animal is the Builder-pidgeon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cessarea is ranked 9,285^th in the world and 4^th in Starlight for Most Pacifist, with 133.77 cheeks turned per day.