The Armed Republic of OCCS Cradle of Civilisation is a huge, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 500 million OCCS Cradle of Civilisationians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 51.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant OCCS Cradle of Civilisationian economy, worth 4.54 trillion Hives 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 a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. 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 9,071 Hives, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. OCCS Cradle of Civilisation's national animal is the Hivemind, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

OCCS Cradle of Civilisation is ranked 271,011^th in the world and 86^th in OC Reserves for Largest Black Market, with 97.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.