The United Nations of Opiachus is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Secretary-General Lee with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, hatred of cheese, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 8.723 billion Opians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The medium-sized, liberal, pro-business government prioritizes Education, although Defense, Industry, and Social Policy are also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Opiachus. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Opian economy, worth a remarkable 1,141 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 130,808 dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 739,114 per year while the poor average 11,367, a ratio of 65.0 to 1.

Sales of trenchcoats are on the rise, academics have a bone to pick with free market entrepreneurs, terrified neighbors cower behind concertina wire and machine gun nests, and sales of superhero insurance have skyrocketed after the government abandoned the police in favor of vigilantes. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Opiachus's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Opiachus is ranked 49,927^th in the world and 12^th in Free Market Federation for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,918.97 on the Gilded Widget Scale.