The State of One Observatory Circle is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 30.033 billion One Observatory Circleans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.5%.

The powerhouse One Observatory Circlean economy, worth a remarkable 1,489 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 49,580 betales, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, public loudspeakers constantly tell citizens they are "happy people", citizens are regularly found digging for treasure in their gardens, and One Observatory Circle has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. One Observatory Circle's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

One Observatory Circle is ranked 184,650^th in the world and 6^th in Washington DC for Lowest Crime Rates, with 58.04 law-abiding acts per hour.