The Incorporated States of Osteria is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President Donald French with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-working, democratic population of 3.354 billion Osterians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Osborne. The average income tax rate is 16.7%.

The strong Osterian economy, worth 180 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is 53,691 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Religious education is a new government priority, manual labourers must be willing to have cybernetic limbs to get a job, court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point, and in a fit of passion President Donald French has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Osteria's national animal is the beaver, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Osteria is ranked 150,241^st in the world and 3,813^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,235.81 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.