The Federation of Onpers is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its closed borders, frequent executions, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 5.078 billion Onpersians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Onpersian economy, worth a remarkable 1,802 trillion Bits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 354,900 Bits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,286,365 per year while the poor average 3,676, a ratio of 893 to 1.

People often complain that they're going in circuitous routes all the time, barges of dissidents are being "reeducated through water therapy" in the South Shadowtrooper Sea, strange men lingering in offices distributing television sets is a basis for a system of government, and freighter lifeboats have been replaced by state of the art marker buoys so divers can recover the cargo after they sink. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Onpers's national animal is the Shadowtrooper, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Onpers is ranked 22,633^rd in the world and 636^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 90.21 law-abiding acts per hour.