The United Socialist States of The Oass is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister James Decroix with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and compulsory vegetarianism. The compassionate population of 1.173 billion Oassians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ösburg. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Oassian economy, worth 158 trillion Réals a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 134,982 Réals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's train stations are widely considered to be the ugliest in The East Pacific, hordes of unemployed lumberjacks have resorted to cutting down utility poles to satisfy their cravings, the installation of street lights across remote goat tracks has left citizens bemused, and wind farms are erected on shuttered oil platforms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Oass's national animal is the Sparrow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Oass is ranked 237,823^rd in the world and 4,303^rd in The East Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.63 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.