The Allied States of Esterild is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by someone like Russ Feingold with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and compulsory vegetarianism. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 21.632 billion Estrildians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The enormous but inefficient Esterildian economy, worth a remarkable 1,738 trillion spider drawings a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,363 spider drawings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Esterildian tourists are encouraged to hand out spare condoms to locals while on vacation, owning a really cute pet is grounds for immediate investigation, Someone like Russ Feingold is too busy listening to praise to get any work done, and holiday light displays just aren't the same without seizure-inducing strobe effects. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Esterild's national animal is the platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Esterild is ranked 217,344^th in the world and 382^nd in Forest for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 1.36 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.