The Rectory of Otisco is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, devout population of 2.03 billion Otiscoans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.6%.

The Otiscoan economy, worth 92.5 trillion Rectorial Talers a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,568 Rectorial Talers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 148,468 per year while the poor average 10,529, a ratio of 14.1 to 1.

Wildlife parks are packed with poachers yet increasingly devoid of animals, internet ads promising "hot singles in your area" are even less accurate than they used to be, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, and it's never "just a game" with Otiscoan sports fans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Otisco's national animal is the Rectorial Labrador, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Otisco is ranked 195,366^th in the world and 10^th in Urcean Rectories for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 57.45 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.