The Republic of Ottery is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its burgeoning tiger population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 3.211 billion Otteryians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.8%.

The thriving Otteryian economy, worth 237 trillion guilders a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Furniture Restoration, and Gambling. Average income is 73,841 guilders, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 261,376 per year while the poor average 15,062, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ottery's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ottery is ranked 71,263^rd in the world and 2,271^st in Balder for Most Armed, with 1.16 weapons per person.