The Empire of Onder is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 38.229 billion Onderians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Law & Order, with Industry and Defense also on the agenda, while Welfare and Spirituality aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.8%.

The powerhouse Onderian economy, worth a remarkable 1,941 trillion Sovereigns a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Trout Farming. Average income is 50,782 Sovereigns, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 169,023 per year while the poor average 11,369, a ratio of 14.9 to 1.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is a problem. Onder's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Onder is ranked 235,981^st in the world and 5^th in Niso for Nicest Citizens, with 10.55 average smiles per day.