The Free Land of Odivelas States is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working, democratic population of 177 million Odivelenses enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 8.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Odivelas Statesian economy, worth 11.5 trillion Escudos Odivelenseses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 64,767 Escudos Odivelenseses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed, rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, survivors of attempted maternal infanticide are sentenced to live with their mothers forever, and family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries. Crime is almost non-existent. Odivelas States's national animal is the Pombo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Odivelas States is ranked 121,881^st in the world and 62^nd in Portugal for Nicest Citizens, with 13.62 average smiles per day.