The People's Republic of Orpheia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Irene Ward with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.876 billion Orpheians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Io. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Orpheian economy, worth 291 trillion picaroes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 155,223 picaroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Farmer's Almanac is the most popular college textbook, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, the latest political memes depict President Irene Ward as an overly-choreographed robot, and the needs of the living outweigh the needs of the dead. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Orpheia's national animal is the Orpheian crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Orpheia is ranked 170,790^th in the world and 339^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 254.6 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.