The Empire of Oulus is a massive, genial nation, ruled by mathias the great leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 2.02 billion Oulusians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of oulu. The average income tax rate is 47.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Oulusian economy, worth 179 trillion euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Retail, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,671 euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects, posters encourage people to "Just Do It!", religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, and students abandon classrooms for online education. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Oulus's national animal is the bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Oulus is ranked 170,456^th in the world and 1^st in Oulusian union for Smartest Citizens, with 27.28 quips per hour.