The Dictatorship of Otelo is a mammoth, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, soft-spoken computers, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 9.934 billion hoteles are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 27.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient hoteleiro economy, worth 475 trillion cravos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 47,863 cravos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Otelo has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, Otelo recently decided against having a capital city, and the nation's secret service is so secret that nobody knows if it has one. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Otelo's national animal is the ataques terroristas.

Otelo is ranked 263,361^st in the world and 4^th in Portugal de Esquerda for Nicest Citizens, with 7.52 average smiles per day.