The Most Serene Empire of Endless Summer 2 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Serene Empress Tatiana with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The cheerful population of 12.877 billion Aestates enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Konstantinoupolis. The average income tax rate is 3.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aestivalis economy, worth a remarkable 2,221 trillion Drachmas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Gambling, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 172,485 Drachmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The price of takeaway food quadruples after 6pm, pocket calculators are seen as status symbols for the ostentatiously wealthy, the government is hoping that medical aid will speak louder than human rights abuses, and bitter pastors forced to officiate gay marriage 'accidentally' pronounce couples "husband and abomination". Crime is totally unknown. Endless Summer 2's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Endless Summer 2 is ranked 69,599^th in the world and 16^th in Modorra for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 3,837.32 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.