The Federationist States of Osmauri is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Jenan Hiedejgi with a fair hand, and remarkable for its vat-grown people, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 2.763 billion Maraintans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Notrueko. The average income tax rate is 60.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Maraintan economy, worth 394 trillion smen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 142,609 smen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cars speed down national highways while drivers sleep at the wheel, worried-looking neonatal nurses are being deployed in place of SWAT teams during dangerous drug busts, the Maraintan Intelligence Agency has put 'Project Quantum Refrigerator' on hold indefinitely, and East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Osmauri's national animal is the Iskarir fox, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Saidnamantism.

Osmauri is ranked 14,269^th in the world and 314^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 338.35 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.