The Commonwealth of Octivalo is a very large, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 252 million Octivaloans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 51.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Octivaloan economy, worth 13.5 trillion pilloes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,532 pilloes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military officers are given medals for disobeying orders, war vets look after war animals, starry-eyed convention goers have their heads in the clouds, and banning party poppers has been a real party pooper. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Octivalo's national animal is the tiger.

Octivalo is ranked 57,388^th in the world and 156^th in Concord for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,758.57 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.