The Republic of Otwell is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 4.028 billion Otwellians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.3%.

The powerhouse Otwellian economy, worth 355 trillion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 88,253 Pounds, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 482,959 per year while the poor average 8,232, a ratio of 58.7 to 1.

Group photos of the members of parliament are often mistaken for family reunions, orphanages are closing their doors as the government forces parents to actually raise their children, welfare recipients are milking the government for all they've got, and war criminals are given full state funerals. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Otwell's national animal is the Fox.

Otwell is ranked 40,490^th in the world and 2^nd in Ancient Lands for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 4,091.27 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.