The Federal Republic of Ostgradia is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 368 million Ostgradians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zoyagradia. The average income tax rate is 67.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ostgradian economy, worth 24.0 trillion Cortexist Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 65,164 Cortexist Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, Ostgradia has designated Zoyagradia as its capital city, visiting dignitaries make excuses to leave functions early and head to the nearest pub, and military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ostgradia's national animal is the Ostgradian Great Tit, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ostgradia is ranked 118,466^th in the world and 3^rd in The Cortexist International for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 2,566.1 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.