The Demoncratic States of Sestabolgia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Staan with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.627 billion Sestabolgians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pandaemonium City. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Sestabolgian economy, worth a remarkable 1,803 trillion mamons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 236,398 mamons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech, a traveller who once stubbed a toe on an Air Brancaland flight has been offered asylum, for the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs, and the government has solemnly sworn not to look up other nations' internet browsing history if the favor is returned. Crime is totally unknown. Sestabolgia's national animal is the goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is agnosticism.

Sestabolgia is ranked 24,769^th in the world and 618^th in the Rejected Realms for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.13 law-abiding acts per hour.