The Democratic Republic of Ortaria is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Libra Vale with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.973 billion Ortarians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Ortarian economy, worth 258 trillion kromers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 130,862 kromers, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 798,787 per year while the poor average 9,462, a ratio of 84.4 to 1.

Commuter vessels have trouble staying afloat due to increased passengers, torture is illegal, surrealist houses shaped like mushrooms and volcanoes dominate the wealthiest neighborhoods, and the lives of former ski town residents are going downhill. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Ortaria's national animal is the Jellyfish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Ortaria is ranked 197,830^th in the world and 17^th in Benigtopia for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 58.96 on the Clooney Contribution Index.