The Community of Otherwhere is a tiny, genial nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 14 million Otherwhereans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 30.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Otherwherean economy, worth 597 billion benchmarks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 42,704 benchmarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The weather report is the prisoners' favourite programme, the police turn a blind eye to desecration if it's done in the name of religion or protest, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem, and the Otherwherean Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas. Crime is totally unknown. Otherwhere's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Otherwhere is ranked 267,075^th in the world and 547^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.