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The Semi-presidential Republic of Osipia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Zatz Hoffman with an even hand, and renowned for its closed borders, national health service, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 4.17 billion Osipians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ankotem. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Osipian economy, worth 325 trillion Neias a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Basket Weaving, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,122 Neias, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, divorcees attending custody disputes tend to wear black-and-white zigzag patterns, the nation's laws on image rights are amongst the strictest in the world, and baby boys who pick up pink crayons are sent to a psychiatric ward. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Osipia's national animal is the Roe deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is secular state.

Osipia is ranked 266,881^st in the world and 4,325^th in The East Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.39 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.