The Republic of Opassom is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Brie Possum with an even hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.304 billion Opassomians 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 Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greater Possumia. The average income tax rate is 51.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Opassomian economy, worth 36.8 trillion ticks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,237 ticks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Therapists dispense hugs for heroin dealers and cuddles for crackheads, the airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines, charged suspects often have to wait years before the courts have room to judge their trial, and parking lots are littered with coffee cups and doughnut crumbs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Opassom's national animal is the Opossum, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Opassom is ranked 249,460^th in the world and 3,050^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -6.38 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.