The Most Serene Republic of Ortodoxos is a tiny, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and daily referendums. The compassionate, devout population of 8 million Ortodoxoes are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government prioritizes Spirituality, although Welfare, Education, and Defense are also considered important, while Environment receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 27.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Ortodoxo economy, worth 368 billion Nomismata a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,010 Nomismata, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Old warplanes and tanks that break down can't be repaired since no one makes the parts anymore, teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough, referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population, and a rolling news ticker tape of disclaimers runs across the bottom of the screen on all TV shows. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ortodoxos's national animal is the Double-Headed Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Ortodoxos is ranked 202,066^th in the world and 68^th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Developed, scoring 52.77 on the Human Development Index.