The Decadent Micronation of Esperanza Sur is a huge, socially progressive nation, ruled by Aída García García with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic, devout population of 974 million Esperanzenoes 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Esperanza Sur. The average income tax rate is 66.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Esperanza Surian economy, worth 15.4 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 15,806 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Urban planners beg for just one more lane before bedtime, skateboarding is punishable by heavy fines, military parades quietly tiptoe their way through the streets, and every school is receiving a brand new eraser. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Esperanza Sur's national animal is the Machu-Pichu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Esperanza Sur is ranked 231,892^nd in the world and 518^th in Communitas for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4.56 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.