The Disputed Territories of Orientai is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 662 million Orientis are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 65.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Orientaian economy, worth 17.6 trillion Das a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,590 Das, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Orientai City Preparatory School for the Exceedingly Wealthy's basketball team is having a few off-years, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, and the military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Orientai's national animal is the Goldhawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Orientai is ranked 244,234^th in the world and 8,927^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 63 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.