The Otter of Estebere is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Head Counsel River Marshele with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, anti-smoking policies, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.706 billion Esteberians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Adrad. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Esteberian economy, worth a remarkable 1,780 trillion Silvers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 204,492 Silvers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, the government is proudly free of crabs, and families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Estebere's national animal is the Rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Estebere is ranked 516^th in the world and 6^th in Refugia for Most Developed, scoring 99.12 on the Human Development Index.