The Otter of Estebere is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Head Counsel River Marshele with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.629 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 1,762 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 204,202 Silvers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees, citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, and tourists visiting the nation are harangued for being capitalist pig-dogs. 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 327,750^th in the world and 197^th in Refugia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -15.72 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.