The European Capital of Culture of Ostymandia is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by V75-Kungen with a fair hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, disturbing lack of elderly people, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 6.124 billion Ostymandians 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 enormous, corrupt, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Defense, Healthcare, and Public Transport also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skellefte. The average income tax rate is 92.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ostymandian economy, worth 926 trillion guitars a year, is highly specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 151,227 guitars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, there's no cure or sympathy for the common cold, the 'Museum Of Stuff We Stole' is a tourist favourite, and the military maintains a fierce arsenal of 'Cure Missiles'. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Ostymandia's national animal is the samer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ostymandia is ranked 29,057^th in the world and 407^th in Europe for Most Efficient Economies, scoring 97.22 on the Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index.