The Republic of Ottterland is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by President Slider The Otter with an even hand, and notable for its hatred of cheese, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 6 billion Otterlandians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Otterland City. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Otterlandian economy, worth 904 trillion Otter Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 150,708 Otter Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, the police turn a blind eye to desecration if it's done in the name of religion or protest, and breastfeeding mothers are replacing smokers to loiter outside the workplace. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ottterland's national animal is the Otter 🦦, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Otterevangelistic chistianity.

Ottterland is ranked 7,320^th in the world and 152^nd in Europe for Highest Food Quality, scoring 181.73 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.