The Imperial State of Castelia is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Adalbert Impera Corvinius with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 20.064 billion Castelians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Castelia City. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Castelian economy, worth a remarkable 7,902 trillion mordons a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 393,882 mordons, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,058,653 per year while the poor average 40,498, a ratio of 50.8 to 1.

Even secular Castelians are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", the past is set in stone, top gamblers bet against seedy hoopers, and old cars must undergo mandatory sensitivity training. Crime is totally unknown. Castelia's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The High Church of Castelia.

Castelia is ranked 6,495^th in the world and 5^th in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Nicest Citizens, with 40.37 average smiles per day.