The Protectorate of Octagonal Sphere is a tiny, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic population of 18 million Octagonal Sphereans 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 Defense, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 11.2%.

The Octagonal Spherean economy, worth 889 billion Sliver Pieces a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 49,408 Sliver Pieces, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Leather-clad individuals can be seen walking their slaves in public parks, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, citizens select which government department gets their income tax Sliver Pieces each year, and kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Octagonal Sphere's national animal is the Octagonal Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Octagonal Sphere is ranked 120,654^th in the world and 94^th in Corsair for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 43.68 on the Kitten Softness Rating.