The Beautiful Empire of Orioni 2 is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Her Imperial Highness Joni Nabérrie with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, hatred of cheese, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 48.698 billion Orinese have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of O'polis. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Orinese economy, worth a remarkable 6,631 trillion Phis a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 136,178 Phis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, bouncers at the door of the sweet shop warn five-year-olds not to cause trouble, political candidates recite daily pledges of loyalty to their chosen party, and Orinese watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Orioni 2's national animal is the pink river dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Orioni 2 is ranked 328,997^th in the world and 278^th in Eurth for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -15.9 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.