The Kingdom of Estande is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Afonso Rodrigo Ramos with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and daily referendums. The compassionate, devout population of 13.314 billion Estandérs are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Estrada. The average income tax rate is 94.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Estandér economy, worth a remarkable 1,994 trillion escudoes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 149,801 escudoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children who refuse to share their crayons are arrested, milk often tastes of pea, urban planners beg for just one more lane before bedtime, and the needs of the living outweigh the needs of the dead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Estande's national animal is the estandér eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Estande is ranked 287,300^th in the world and 3,615^th in The East Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -6.2 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.