The Republic of Estandarte is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ubiquitous missile silos, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-working population of 598 million estandarteans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Buena Vista. The average income tax rate is 62.3%.

The frighteningly efficient estandartean economy, worth 77.5 trillion Estandars a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 129,607 Estandars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Children's bedrooms are often decorated with posters of successful accountants, the nation is currently revamping its entire education system, Leader's office has a newly installed Max-Man arcade game programmed by a 5th-grader, and anti-government web sites are springing up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Estandarte's national animal is the Cow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Estandarte is ranked 11,978^th in the world and 664^th in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 88.46 on the Human Development Index.