The Commonwealth of Fort Oyster is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 764 million Oyster Rockers hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 12.2%.

The strong Oyster Rockian economy, worth 41.1 trillion Rocks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 53,757 Rocks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, the "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making Oyster Rockers any less frightened, the new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?", and Leader's Twitcher account is typically used to share eastern oyster memes rather than government policy. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Fort Oyster's national animal is the eastern oyster, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Fort Oyster is ranked 296,432^nd in the world and 1^st in Oyster for Most Patriotic, with 2.42 flags saluted per person per day.