The New Esperantist Federation of Ouidland is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by President Enyalim Rasputin with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 9.407 billion Ouidishzhe are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of St Bacchusburg. The average income tax rate is 84.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ouidish economy, worth a remarkable 1,123 trillion Hellnotes a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,410 Hellnotes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Bridge salesmen line up for blocks to make their cases at President Enyalim Rasputin's office, the nation's streets have become a winter wonderland of salt and sand, movie producers send film critics wads of cash in their morning newspapers in anticipation of gushing praise, and the urinary fragrance of seedier establishments is thankfully hidden by the smell of stale smoke. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ouidland's national animal is the Peacock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Konkokyo.

Ouidland is ranked 14,107^th in the world and 253^rd in Europe for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 4,282.29 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.