The Community of Coastland University is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 238 million Coastlanders are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 51.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Coastlander economy, worth 2.11 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Woodchip Exports, Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 8,860 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and declaring that "some kids are just born evil" is not endearing Leader to progressive thinkers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Coastland University's national animal is the dove.

Coastland University is ranked 299,051^st in the world and 763^rd in California Colleges and Universities for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 473.95 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.