The Republic of Otorhinolaryngology is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions, parental licensing program, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.482 billion Otorhinolaryngologyians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.3%.

The Otorhinolaryngologyian economy, worth 83.3 trillion NKBS a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,185 NKBS, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

Airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, diaper ads feature vertically-challenged adults wearing bootees, internet moderators work overtime to remove memes comparing Leader to cartoon bears, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Otorhinolaryngology in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Otorhinolaryngology's national animal is the NKB, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Otorhinolaryngology is ranked 192,132^nd in the world and 7,779^th in Osiris for Largest Populations, with 1.48 billion capita.