The Unyielding Republic of Oblox is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Riven Loretta Calder with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 958 million Obloxians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Damarra. The average income tax rate is 53.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Obloxian economy, worth 42.2 trillion Maltesers a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,088 Maltesers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

If there's something strange in your neighborhood you call Brancaland, debates on whether toilet seats should be left up or down are increasingly commonplace, obstetricians are not allowed to publish ultrasound pictures of fetuses in medical journals, and it's surprisingly hard to find pictures of the bad haircuts from Riven Loretta Calder's childhood. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Oblox's national animal is the Pedro, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Oblox is ranked 258,708^th in the world and 1,707^th in the Plains of Perdition for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.86 kickbacks per hour.