The Republic of Osbedove is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 8.845 billion Osbedoveans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 65.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Osbedovean economy, worth a remarkable 1,264 trillion francs a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 143,012 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

The government evicts ethnic minorities by stranding them in the wilderness, visitors to the famed rainforests are instead taken to vast furniture factories, the national arsenal is full of sound and fury signifying nothing, and travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Osbedove's national animal is the turtle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Osbedove is ranked 1,931^st in the world and 1^st in Soviet Democracy for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens, with 66.95 Whatever.