The Commonwealth of Kostemetsia is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by the First Councillor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 22.77 billion Kostemetsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Education, although Healthcare, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yelan City. The average income tax rate is 90.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kostemetsian economy, worth a remarkable 4,337 trillion pians 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 led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 190,479 pians, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Even secular Kostemetsians are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, and the average commuter spends four hours a day driving to and from work. Crime is totally unknown. Kostemetsia's national animal is the windsprite, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism Plus.

Kostemetsia is ranked 2,453^rd in the world and 118^th in Lazarus for Least Corrupt Governments, with 96.08 percentage of bribes refused.