The State of Ouaken is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 16.592 billion Ouakenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and Social Policy also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. The average income tax rate is 53.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Ouakenian economy, worth 77.3 trillion betales 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 a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. 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 4,660 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Democratic debates have been removed from the government, postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation, nudity is frowned upon, and high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ouaken's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ouaken is ranked 189,657^th in the world and 5^th in Seattle for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 403.15 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.