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The United Socialist States of Ochelaga is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its soft-spoken computers, state-planned economy, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical population of 12.817 billion Ochelagans are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valois. The average income tax rate is 94.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ochelagan economy, worth a remarkable 1,451 trillion Bidous 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 113,221 Bidous, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration, children's TV shows are having a gay old time, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, and international terrorists often get their weapons supply in Ochelaga. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ochelaga's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ochelaga is ranked 40,805^th in the world and 100^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Most Pacifist, with 107.8 cheeks turned per day.