The Republic of Oplium is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 194 million Opliumes are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 68.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Opliumian economy, worth 4.29 trillion Tokens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 22,130 Tokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The thin blue line is composed of picketing police officers demanding better pensions, international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Oplium, witnesses have to run a gauntlet of mob enforcers to testify at trials, and Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Oplium City to enjoy their national art. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Oplium's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Oplium is ranked 131,886^th in the world and 72^nd in Iris for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,302.03 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.