The Tame Otter Land of Goldeny is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Carl Winslow with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, ban on automobiles, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 36.395 billion Goldenyians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Otter Paradise. The average income tax rate is 91.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Goldenyian economy, worth a remarkable 4,012 trillion Tame Otters a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 110,244 Tame Otters, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters, children wondering what happens to pets after they die are shown where the compost heap is, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, and primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Goldeny's national animal is the otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Goldeny is ranked 53,820^th in the world and 2,093^rd in Osiris for Highest Average Incomes, with 110,244.43 Standard Monetary Units.