The Kingdom of Castene is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Queen Maria Isabelle with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 15.283 billion Castenians 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 Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nycona. The average income tax rate is 99.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Castenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,653 trillion Korunes a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 173,614 Korunes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Chickens frolic freely on swings and roundabouts in Nycona's playgrounds, environmental legislation occurs cyclically, the most popular WhoTube videos are ones featuring parodies of iconic songs, and uploading purple prose to social media earns a place on a government watchlist. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Castene's national animal is the Hammerhead shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Castene is ranked 1,031^st in the world and 36^th in Osiris for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 25,137.91 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.