The Federation of Acastanha is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Miranda Garbuno with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 5.724 billion Acastanhadas are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Amarelda. The average income tax rate is 46.1%.

The Acastanhada economy, worth 451 trillion Acastanha Patacas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,952 Acastanha Patacas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's first space rocket -- sponsored by Eckie-Ecola and shaped like an enormous soda bottle -- is being developed, a soldier's body is a temple, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, and major cities are suffering under water rationing. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Acastanha's national animal is the North Brown Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Acastanha is ranked 255,161^st in the world and 25^th in Mandalanusa for Most Extreme, scoring 8.6 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.