The Empire Capital of Opiachus is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, sprawling nuclear power plants, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 9.571 billion Opians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The medium-sized, liberal, pro-business government prioritizes Education, with Industry, Defense, and Social Policy also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Admiralty. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Opian economy, worth a remarkable 1,423 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 148,709 dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 648,825 per year while the poor average 21,537, a ratio of 30.1 to 1.

Even the nation's brussel sprouts are delicious and nutritious, an online tea-bagging epidemic is getting worse and (meta)worse, textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, and stockbrokers dream of getting rich by writing textbooks. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Opiachus's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Opiachus is ranked 301,243^rd in the world and 8^th in Core Sector for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -19.75 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.