The Republic of Estecana is a massive, safe nation, ruled by El Presidente Guiomar Patricio with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, national health service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.509 billion Estecans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Estenito. The average income tax rate is 44.1%.

The Estecani economy, worth 92.5 trillion Estecani pesos a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,306 Estecani pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, getting your license is a rite of passage for young adults, sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors, and believers must practice religion behind church doors lest the government smite them with a mighty fine. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Estecana's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Estecana is ranked 269,604^th in the world and 17^th in Caribbean for Highest Food Quality, scoring 6.83 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.