The Armed Republic of The Clave of OCTOGRAM is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, devout population of 12 million OCTians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 27.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The OCTOGRAMian economy, worth 574 billion OCTO-CLANKS a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,835 OCTO-CLANKS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm, cricket farmers use magnifying glasses to fit every member of their herd with tiny tracking tags, the nation's smallest Wolfball teams trade draft picks for a free lunch, and teenage girls worry that they'll be unpopular if their skirts aren't short enough. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Clave of OCTOGRAM's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Clave of OCTOGRAM is ranked 246,784^th in the world and 59^th in Illuminati Empire for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 28.33 on the Bus Surprisal Index.