The United States of Escalver is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by PM - Christy Adelaide with an even hand, and notable for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.032 billion Escalian have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marsden. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Escalverian economy, worth 88.4 trillion pounds a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,644 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep, private businesses are paving paradises to put up parking lots, and nighttime sightings of raccoons sporting Circle-A patches and bandanna masks are on the rise. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Escalver's national animal is the Red Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Escalver is ranked 185,895^th in the world and 1,066^th in Europe for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -3.7 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.