The Community of Overlapping Sounds from the Future is a small, genial nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 20 million Overlapping Sounds love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 74.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Vocaloid economy, worth 174 billion Yen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is 8,736 Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sex changes are routinely performed at Overlapping Sounds from the Future's hospitals, telling someone to 'break a leg' is considered a criminal inducement to self harm, gossip magazines have pictures of Leader sunbathing on the beach with political rivals, and women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Overlapping Sounds from the Future's national animal is the Android Chimera, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Overlapping Sounds from the Future is ranked 295,581^st in the world and 532^nd in Starlight for Most Developed, scoring 46.3 on the Human Development Index.