The Imperial Democracy of Great Ostanian Republic is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Administrator Fox Voroshilov with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, aversion to nipples, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.58 billion citizens of Ostans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City-17. The average income tax rate is 70.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient a citizen of Ostan economy, worth 308 trillion Ostanian credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,603 Ostanian credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, this summer's chart-toppers sound almost the same as last year's, being Administrator Fox Voroshilov has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs, and politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Great Ostanian Republic's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Faith in the Emperor.

Great Ostanian Republic is ranked 29,600^th in the world and 685^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 83.12 law-abiding acts per hour.