The Kingdom of Castene is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Queen Maria Isabelle with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 15.321 billion Castenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nycona. The average income tax rate is 99.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Castenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,664 trillion Korunes a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 173,915 Korunes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Uploading purple prose to social media earns a place on a government watchlist, the new 'Who Wants To Be A Politician' election debate auditions are more popular than the debates themselves, the minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed, and factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Castene's national animal is the Hammerhead shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Castene is ranked 290,696^th in the world and 11,054^th in Osiris for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.28 kickbacks per hour.