The Grand Duchy of South Oasine Mented is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by hyuck hyuck hyuck with an even hand, and notable for its parental licensing program, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 2.926 billion harrumphs 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 juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of harharharharhar. The average income tax rate is 83.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient a harrumph economy, worth 456 trillion ohohohoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 156,076 ohohohoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, cruise ships arrive in their dozens to watch cruise missile tests, self-sufficiency is built on seizing foreign assets, and frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. South Oasine Mented's national animal is the hahahahah, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Laugh.

South Oasine Mented is ranked 6,484^th in the world and 268^th in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 93.17 on the Human Development Index.