The Loving Couple of -Oh-Crikey- is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Roka with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 4.029 billion -Oh-Crikey-ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Forbidden Stacks. The average income tax rate is 69.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient -Oh-Crikey-ian economy, worth 437 trillion snails a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 108,464 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Teenagers performing appendectomies on their friends has become a popular schoolyard prank, the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country, drowning sailors are hung out to dry, and nose plugs are the latest -Oh-Crikey-ian fashion accessory. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Oh-Crikey-'s national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

-Oh-Crikey- is ranked 24,242^nd in the world and 1^st in Republic of Allied States for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.49 law-abiding acts per hour.