The Community of Aerestra is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.005 billion Aerestrans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Industry, and Welfare are also considered important, while International Aid receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Aerestran economy, worth 72.7 trillion marks 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 dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 72,342 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Convicts released after being found "wrongfully imprisoned" are surprisingly chill about the whole thing, Aerestra's free colleges struggle to maintain standards in the face of overwhelming demand, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, and acrimonious legal battles result during divorce proceedings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aerestra's national animal is the hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Aerestra is ranked 50,987^th in the world and 1,178^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 76.36 law-abiding acts per hour.