The Alliance of Coastal States is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 7.222 billion Xetinesians 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Defense, Welfare, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arexibo. The average income tax rate is 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Xetinesian economy, worth 257 trillion Oaths a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 35,637 Oaths, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The legislature keeps promising "more study" of corruption allegations against the parliamentary whip system, neon signs promoting safe driving often distract drivers, a stitch in time could see you serving nine, and Coastal States recently decided against having a capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Coastal States's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Coastal States is ranked 243,672^nd in the world and 88^th in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Highest Drug Use, scoring 59.43 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.