The Armed Republic of Ostrogothaland is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Tage Danielsson with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, avowedly heterosexual populace, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 8.98 billion Ostrogoths 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Linköping. The average income tax rate is 91.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ostrogothalandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,883 trillion Ostras 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. 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 an amazing 209,762 Ostras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point, medical staff can legally quiet people who ask for a second helping of Salisbury steak, troops are either deafened by gunfire or a hysterical voice screaming the Party manifesto, and binoculars sales are at an all-time high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ostrogothaland's national animal is the Hedgehog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Mosebacke Monarki.

Ostrogothaland is ranked 265,296^th in the world and 5,424^th in the Rejected Realms for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 18,459.06 Standard Monetary Units.