The Kingdom of Eskela is a huge, safe nation, notable for its burgeoning lion population. The compassionate, democratic population of 414 million Eskelans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yeman. The average income tax rate is 25.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Eskelan economy, worth 18.2 trillion Ecus a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,034 Ecus, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Businesses are abandoning the city centre because of the lack of transport connections, Yeman Preparatory School for the Exceedingly Wealthy's basketball team is having a few off-years, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem, and doctors who mutter "Oh my God" often lose their medical license. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Eskela's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Eskela is ranked 142,557^th in the world and 5,952^nd in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 570.96 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.