The Republic of Orsmond is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, ubiquitous missile silos, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 497 million Orsmondians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Industry, with Defense, Education, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while International Aid receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 25.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Orsmondian economy, worth 46.6 trillion Orsmondian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 93,821 Orsmondian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways, the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", the Messiah (formerly known as Brian) is a mayoral candidate, and photos of picturesque coastal buildings are set against a backdrop of smokestacks and ship hulls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Orsmond's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Orsmond is ranked 85,417^th in the world and 2,357^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 94.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.