The Tropical Democracy of Costa Hermosa is a huge, safe nation, ruled by El Presidente with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, otherworldly petting zoo, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 936 million Costa Hermosans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mérida. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Costa Hermosan economy, worth 127 trillion Libras a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 136,571 Libras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

For 25 Libras tourists can gawk at the site of national tragedy, rugby players that knock each other over always stop to make sure the other fellow is okay, a third of Costa Hermosans are e-certified CEOs, and the 'Museum Of Stuff We Stole' is a tourist favourite. Crime is totally unknown. Costa Hermosa's national animal is the Yucatán brown brocket, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Costa Hermosa is ranked 7,218^th in the world and 1^st in Democratic Assembly for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 13,190.11 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.