The Council of Cessarea is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Expedient Denial VII with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, digital currency, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.658 billion Cessareans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 76.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Cessarean economy, worth 103 trillion labores 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 Gambling. Average income is 62,136 labores, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", and both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cessarea's national animal is the Builder-pidgeon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cessarea is ranked 16,072^nd in the world and 2^nd in New World Union for Nicest Citizens, with 25.46 average smiles per day.