The People's Ordained Kingdom of United Cacti of Estaban is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by King Estaban with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and conspicuous electricity pylons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.195 billion Estabanians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Estaban city. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Estabanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,823 trillion Estabanian cactis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 198,938 Estabanian cactis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The thrash metal version of the national anthem is topping charts, friendly revolutionaries are the nation's greatest export, cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units, and the government subsidizes those who produce the worst results. Crime is totally unknown. United Cacti of Estaban's national animal is the Cactus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

United Cacti of Estaban is ranked 292,668^th in the world and 1^st in Cactus Union for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -6.57 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.