The Demoncratic States of Sestabolgia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Staan with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.77 billion Sestabolgians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pandaemonium City. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Sestabolgian economy, worth a remarkable 1,840 trillion mamons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 236,907 mamons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A major piece of minority legislation allows a majority of minority interests to majorly undermine majority politics, the new Sestabolgian-made OS is buggier and more inconvenient than a horse-drawn carriage, spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches, and the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard. Crime is totally unknown. Sestabolgia's national animal is the goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is agnosticism.

Sestabolgia is ranked 2,699^th in the world and 63^rd in the Rejected Realms for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 66.82 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.