The Queendom of Steriesta is a massive, safe nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 2.059 billion Steriestans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 55.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Steriestan economy, worth 45.8 trillion flowers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 22,244 flowers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sociologists can charge whatever fee they like as the nation tries to find itself, drawing men's naughty bits isn't considered to be art, the 'sing-a-long with Leader' album is a popular souvenir, and the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Steriesta's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Steriesta is ranked 168,310^th in the world and 2^nd in ALTO for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 332.04 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.