The Most Serene Republic of Oceananopolis is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 352 million Oceananopolisians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nereus. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.6%.

The powerhouse Oceananopolisian economy, worth 24.8 trillion Nautiluses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is 70,505 Nautiluses, with the richest citizens earning 8.2 times as much as the poorest.

Government forces are said to be deterred by signs reading "No Spam, Cold Callers or Central Government - Thank You", the single fish caught by Oceananopolisian fishers last year is cited as evidence of Oceananopolis's thriving fisheries, riot police are stationed around paintings of violent protestors, and counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Oceananopolis's national animal is the Dolphin, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Oceananopolis is ranked 163,359^th in the world and 831^st in the Outback for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 284.34 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.