The Republic of Old one is a mid-sized, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy and absence of drug laws. The democratic, devout population of 50 million Old oneans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 41.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Old onean economy, worth 1.36 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Woodchip Exports, Gambling, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 27,195 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown. Old one's national animal is the dove.

Old one is ranked 234,799^th in the world and 1^st in Old for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.