The Pirate Archipelago Nation of Kayestha is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Gokai Decade with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 12.166 billion Kayesthas are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hollstein. The average income tax rate is 76.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kayesthan economy, worth a remarkable 1,075 trillion Hydras a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,394 Hydras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge, shady doctors seem to have impeccable records, vitriolic divorce proceedings have become prime-time television, and war is made in the name of love. Crime is totally unknown. Kayestha's national animal is the Pheonix, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Tokuism.

Kayestha is ranked 33,771^st in the world and 46^th in Karma for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 234.8 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.