The Kingdom of Costas is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by King Chriss-Alex I with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.422 billion Costasians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of West Hampton. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Costasian economy, worth 648 trillion Hatchets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 119,694 Hatchets, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government loves seeing the little people fight, X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low, the media seems excessively interested in what King Chriss-Alex I is wearing this season, and the people sing of those who will not be slaves again. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Costas's national animal is the Polar Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is The Southern Bailey Church.

Costas is ranked 11,624^th in the world and 598^th in Osiris for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 11,957.64 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.