The Kingdom of Escevola is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by High King Cayo Mucio Escevola the Third with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 6.332 billion Escians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beatrix. The average income tax rate is 73.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Escevolan economy, worth 923 trillion reais a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 145,774 reais, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Pharmacists increasingly claim they are morally obligated to take long lunches, workers tend to schedule naps during all-hands meetings, pros are the new cons, and school lockers are filled with fancy underwear. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Escevola's national animal is the sabertooth tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholic.

Escevola is ranked 21,326^th in the world and 704^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 73.8 Effective Tax Rate.