The Commonwealth of Estmand is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Grand Marshal Skye Windstock with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, national health service, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 10.656 billion Estmandians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Halcyon. The average income tax rate is 3.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Estmandian economy, worth a remarkable 2,883 trillion e-zlats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 270,597 e-zlats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Commuters and their desktops both bemoan their hard drives, people who stay late at the office often come home to find their own funeral being planned, the government is ignoring the latest terrorist atrocities in Halcyon for fear of causing a fuss, and excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Estmand's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Estmand is ranked 311,212^th in the world and 59^th in Union of Christian Nations for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -57 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.