The Federation of Ostrogotharum Praeeminebat is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.669 billion Charles Calvins 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Burning Fire. The average income tax rate is 66.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Royal Shinegn economy, worth 176 trillion Bobuxes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 105,976 Bobuxes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Urban entrepreneurs are busy introducing cockroaches into restaurant kitchens, murder is sanctioned if the legal paperwork is filled out correctly, the nation's gigantic air force is both respected and feared, and warfare increasingly resembles a video game. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ostrogotharum Praeeminebat's national animal is the Cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ostrogotharum Praeeminebat is ranked 18,196^th in the world and 260^th in Europe for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 3,482.49 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.