The People's Republic of Obruytho is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its hatred of cheese, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 671 million Obruythoans are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Obruythoan economy, worth 14.3 trillion labor vouchers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 21,341 labor vouchers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bad punctuation has come to a full stop, unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims, euthanasia is legal, and lip-readers are often left perplexed by political rallies. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Obruytho's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Obruytho is ranked 165,757^th in the world and 199^th in Forest for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,384.25 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.