The Federation of Olszowka is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, vat-grown people, and public floggings. The compassionate, hard-working population of 383 million Olszowkans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Canary. The average income tax rate is 52.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Olszowkan economy, worth 33.7 trillion Nuggets a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 88,010 Nuggets, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied Legendary Racoon, almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, and Big Brother is still watching even when your big brother is dead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Olszowka's national animal is the Legendary Racoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Olszowka is ranked 221,534^th in the world and 8,218^th in The North Pacific for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -8.37 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.