The Hundred Oaker Forest of Oaks 12 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its fear of technology, compulsory vegetarianism, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.164 billion Oaks 12ians 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 78.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Oaks 12ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,124 trillion planets a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 110,610 planets, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

GP clinics are inundated by patients requesting prescriptions for alcohol, women wearing male lounge-wear are quizzed for hours by mental health practitioners, many in Oaks 12 are born in the purple, and neighbourhood gossips whip up controversy about those receiving adult merchandise. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Oaks 12's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Oaks 12 is ranked 274,832^nd in the world and 10,282^nd in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 6.37 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.