The Colony of 0rc is a titanic, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 17.528 billion 0rcs 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 is primarily concerned with Education, with Welfare, Industry, and Defense also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Environment aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.7%.

The powerhouse 0rcish economy, worth a remarkable 1,671 trillion OnlineTransferlies a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 95,374 OnlineTransferlies, with the richest citizens earning 9.7 times as much as the poorest.

The mentally ill are given high powered automatic weapons for "catharsis therapy", machine-peeled candied grapes come in individual packaging for the busy commuter, the government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces, and there's a big brother in every prison. Crime is relatively low. 0rc's national animal is the Laboratory Rat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

0rc is ranked 226,177^th in the world and 1^st in 0 r c for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -1.79 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.