The Republic of Oshen is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, smutty television, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.013 billion Oshenians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, with Defense also on the agenda, while Administration and Law & Order are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ciliren. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Oshenian economy, worth 213 trillion Osheian Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and dominated by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Pizza Delivery, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 106,271 Osheian Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 955,582 per year while the poor average 1,480, a ratio of 645 to 1.

Celebrity foodies are biting a huge chunk out of the government budget, biological warfare is used to solve small disagreements, religious households enthusiastically use whips in private, and the nation has declared its intention to "stretch out". Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Oshen's national animal is the whale, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Oshen is ranked 262,779^th in the world and 3,597^th in the Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 1.14 flags saluted per person per day.