The Armed Republic of Ostrogothaland is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Tage Danielsson with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.721 billion Ostrogoths are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Linköping. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ostrogothalandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,608 trillion Ostras 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. 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 an amazing 208,315 Ostras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

AI chatbots generate grayscale images when asked for a picture of the truth, the new 'Things We Stole From Other Countries' exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities is a hit, Tage Danielsson is quite hard to get a hold of, and mums always ask their three-year-olds for permission before hugging them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ostrogothaland's national animal is the Hedgehog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Mosebacke Monarki.

Ostrogothaland is ranked 275,478^th in the world and 6,723^rd in the Rejected Realms for Most Primitive, scoring -280.88 on the Scary Big Number Scale.