The Kingdom of Ostveg is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Minister Ragnhild Bolt with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, otherworldly petting zoo, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.564 billion Austwegians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trollshjem. The average income tax rate is 51.6%.

The very strong Austwegian economy, worth 353 trillion kroner a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,474 kroner, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Criminals lock themselves in their mums' basements to avoid prison, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, the poor are forced into bankruptcy by their energy bills, and Prime Minister Ragnhild Bolt's speeches are beloved by insomniacs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ostveg's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Den østske kyrkja.

Ostveg is ranked 26,706^th in the world and 452^nd in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 881.27 pounds of wildlife per square mile.