The Principality of Ocsken is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Princess Cassiopeia with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, daily referendums, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 8.831 billion Ocskenians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oscitia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Ocskenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,633 trillion Ocskenian Aureuses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 298,158 Ocskenian Aureuses, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

Glancing at the car radio display while driving is treated as attempted homicide, drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, lifeguards are more concerned with watching for sharks than struggling swimmers, and wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ocsken's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Paganism.

Ocsken is ranked 2,092^nd in the world and 77^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 143.11 law-abiding acts per hour.