The Kingdom of Castene is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Queen Maria Isabelle with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 15.217 billion Castenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nycona. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Castenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,619 trillion Korunes a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 172,157 Korunes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths, artists are renowned for their ability to make art pieces out of thin air, fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, and cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Castene's national animal is the Hammerhead shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Castene is ranked 1,636^th in the world and 66^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 152.38 law-abiding acts per hour.