The Community of Overlapping Sounds from the Future is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 18 million Overlapping Sounds love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 74.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Vocaloid economy, worth 156 billion Yen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is 8,675 Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voters are one of the nation's top imports, the nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments, the nation is completely gun-free, and nations that kill an Overlapping Sound can expect a strongly worded letter. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Overlapping Sounds from the Future's national animal is the Android Chimera, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Overlapping Sounds from the Future is ranked 209,329^th in the world and 398^th in Starlight for Fattest Citizens, with 9.13 Obesity Rate.