The Stand With Ukraine of Esthe is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President Nigel Adams with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate population of 2.54 billion Bigtopian Capitalism Believers are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Claire. The average income tax rate is 91.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming a supporter of Bigtopian Capitalism economy, worth 233 trillion Hus a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 92,110 Hus, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

President Nigel Adams can often be seen hanging around playgrounds chatting with the kids, reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, the vow 'til death do us part' is often taken as an invitation to murder, and too many hyper-intelligent chefs can spoil the allegorical broth. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Esthe's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Meriduvian.

Esthe is ranked 259,253^rd in the world and 13,427^th in The North Pacific for Highest Crime Rates, with 1.73 crimes per hour.