The Republic of Olive Gardens is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Florence Melanie with a fair hand, and renowned for its public floggings, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 2.476 billion Olive Gardensians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pompeian. The average income tax rate is 44.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Olive Gardensian economy, worth 207 trillion Mafias a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 83,824 Mafias, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

A cyber-war between file sharers and the music industry formats hard drives across the country, prison visits increase substantially during election years, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, and even secular Olive Gardensians are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Olive Gardens's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholic.

Olive Gardens is ranked 195,734^th in the world and 38^th in The Continent of Utopia for Most Corrupt Governments, with 1.51 kickbacks per hour.