The Technocratic Collective of Eastern Osowiecs is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Hadrian Bek with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, rum-swilling pirates, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.992 billion Osowiecsians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Korr Sentra. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Eastern Osowiecsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,438 trillion Osoes 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. 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 205,788 Osoes, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

Parents are always up to speed on the latest childcare techniques, veterans in wheelchairs are left waist-deep in rice paddies to gather grain, Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused, and pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eastern Osowiecs's national animal is the Raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Eastern Osowiecs is ranked 327,180^th in the world and 1,083^rd in The Frontier Sea for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 11.03 on the Kitten Softness Rating.