The State of Ogemaw is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by the Governor with an iron fist, and notable for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 23.437 billion Ogemawians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.5%.

The Ogemawian economy, worth a remarkable 1,154 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is 49,268 betales, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

A dictator has seized power and outlawed elections, the deer is a protected species, Ogemaw has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Ogemaw in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ogemaw's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ogemaw is ranked 120,129^th in the world and 1^st in The Russian Region for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.69 law-abiding acts per hour.