The Troisième République of Opalaland is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Laura Roslin with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, democratic, cheerful population of 32.164 billion Opalalandais hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bibliotheque. The average income tax rate is 31.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Opalalandais economy, worth a remarkable 7,787 trillion opiates a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 242,130 opiates, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has begun breaking all large businesses into thousands of mom-and-pop general stores, the "Dreadnowt" is the pride and joy of the Opalalandais Navy, euthanasia is legal, and offering a builder a cup of tea is a legal minefield. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Opalaland's national animal is the owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Opalaland is ranked 290,856^th in the world and 217^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.26 kickbacks per hour.