The Existing Place of Orphogron is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Connor Francis with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, infamous sell-swords, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 3.028 billion Orphogronians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arnoc. The average income tax rate is 34.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Orphogronic economy, worth 378 trillion Qwerties a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 125,120 Qwerties, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Skateparks can be found in every city, in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, the nation is regarded as a paragon of democracy, and Orphogron isn't what it used to be. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Orphogron's national animal is the Long-Legged Cave-Dwelling Catfish-Bird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Orphogron is ranked 59,881^st in the world and 70^th in Corsair for Most Cultured, scoring 70 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.