The District of Ottende is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Liard with an iron fist, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 16.335 billion Ottendeans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. The average income tax rate is 43.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Ottendean economy, worth 279 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 17,107 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, voters must frequently select what they view as the lesser of two evils on the ballot, teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough, and the beauty of coastal towns is marred only slightly by all the closed-down storefronts. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ottende's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ottende is ranked 127,533^rd in the world and 1^st in Cemetery for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.96 law-abiding acts per hour.