The Democratic Socialist States of Otherian Workers is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Paul Breitsheld with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed population of 2.021 billion Otherians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Civitas. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Otherian Workersian economy, worth 296 trillion Othantis 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. 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 impressive 146,796 Othantis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nuclear physics is the most popular course at university, a passport is literally priceless, interest in globalism never flags, and internal strife within the Red Bloc crumbles in the face of fiery rhetoric. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Otherian Workers's national animal is the gorillas, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is None.

Otherian Workers is ranked 10,743^rd in the world and 3^rd in Imperial Sanctuary for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 393.65 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.