The Oceanic Dominion of Octopodus is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Council of Intelligencia with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 3.201 billion Octopodian are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mollusca. The average income tax rate is 74.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Octopodian economy, worth 312 trillion dracas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 97,645 dracas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training, the government is purchasing vast amounts of palm oil for plastics production, earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, and exceptionally healthy police officers can sprint after crooks for hours on end. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Octopodus's national animal is the sea anemone, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Immortalium Scientia.

Octopodus is ranked 29,648^th in the world and 87^th in Starlight for Most Developed, scoring 83.08 on the Human Development Index.