The Republic of OTW is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 568 million OTWians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ordo City. The average income tax rate is 17.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong OTWian economy, worth 40.3 trillion Gallo-Germanian Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 70,940 Gallo-Germanian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy immunity to prosecution, the deaf are perplexed when the weather report tells them that the wind will be "bringing some rain along the Nazi ghosts", the OTWian Intelligence Agency has put 'Project Quantum Refrigerator' on hold indefinitely, and citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. OTW's national animal is the Duck, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

OTW is ranked 60,852^nd in the world and 733^rd in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 652.5 pounds of wildlife per square mile.