The People's Republic of Ostrana is a small, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 32 million Ostranans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 51.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Ostranan economy, worth 1.20 trillion ostroes a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 37,627 ostroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

State media insists that Leader is the most fashionable leader in Starlight, it takes a village to catch a criminal, the tinfoil-hat crowd also recommend tinfoil wallets, and political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ostrana's national animal is the eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Ostrana is ranked 161,175^th in the world and 256^th in Starlight for Fattest Citizens, with 9.83 Obesity Rate.