The Imperial Democracy of Great Ostanian Republic is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Administrator Fox Voroshilov with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.684 billion citizens of Ostans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City-17. The average income tax rate is 71.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient a citizen of Ostan economy, worth 320 trillion Ostanian credits a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,250 Ostanian credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens, shaken martini sales have soared in nations surrounding Great Ostanian Republic, hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have, and election debates consists mostly of two grey suits arguing over how to best preserve the status quo. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Great Ostanian Republic's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Faith in the Emperor.

Great Ostanian Republic is ranked 37,097^th in the world and 935^th in the South Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 45.93 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.