The Ladder in the Pool of Life of EstRADia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Alpada Zabudu with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 14.744 billion Estradis are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bolisahar. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.1%.

The frighteningly efficient EstRADian economy, worth a remarkable 4,171 trillion Tradens a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Tourism, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 282,934 Tradens, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,100,482 per year while the poor average 49,736, a ratio of 22.1 to 1.

Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, Zombie Koalas are frequently shot for looking at people 'in a funny way', a ban on robots in disguise has transformed the entertainment industry, and polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. EstRADia's national animal is the Zombie Koala, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Zacarism.

EstRADia is ranked 205,583^rd in the world and 33^rd in International Northwestern Union for Least Corrupt Governments, with 23.86 Percentage Of Bribes Refused.