The Federation of Obvi Gnovince is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 278 million Obvi Gnovinceans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 39.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Obvi Gnovincean economy, worth 11.3 trillion kronor a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,769 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Badminton was recently banned due to 'unacceptable violence' inherent to the game, the government is deliberately installing bloatware onto computers, you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, and nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Obvi Gnovince's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Obvi Gnovince is ranked 223,492^nd in the world and 8,368^th in Osiris for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 24,543.54 Standard Monetary Units.