The Republic of Oauei is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by SpongeBob with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 16.161 billion Oaueians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Green Acres Town. The average income tax rate is 38.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Oaueian economy, worth 403 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 24,961 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government spokespeople are working overtime trying to convince concerned citizens that SpongeBob is not a crook, students cut up leftover guilders during Arts and Crafts, politicians sweat as journalists scour internet archives for any mention of them, and birth rates have hit an all-time low. Crime is totally unknown. Oauei's national animal is the panther and its national religion is Atheism.

Oauei is ranked 56,312^th in the world and 1^st in oauei for Largest Black Market, with 11.5 trillion Standard Monetary Units.