The Democratic States of Cestice is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its public floggings, zero percent divorce rate, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 1.47 billion Cesticeans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 59.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cesticean economy, worth 213 trillion pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 145,128 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Jack Russells have proven to be terrible spies, mouldy bread is served as an appetizer in many restaurants, everybody's got wood thanks to Leader, and nothing gets the party jumping like Leader specifying how high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cestice's national animal is the anemone, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Cestice is ranked 290,039^th in the world and 6^th in The Acord for Largest Black Market, with 40.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.