The Degenerate State of Ost-Laotien is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Rex Ivanocius with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, enslaved workforce, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.776 billion Ost-Laotienians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Administration and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Environment and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dragon City. The average income tax rate is 44.4%.

The powerhouse Ost-Laotienian economy, worth 278 trillion Ost-Laotien piastres a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 100,384 Ost-Laotien piastres, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Large areas of Ost-Laotien are not accessible by the public, a petition to improve Ost-Laotienian literacy is mostly signed with cross-marks, cities in Ost-Laotien declare independence based on interpretation of the historic meaning of cave paintings, and the media have begun calling the government treasury "Rex Ivanocius's stash". Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force. Ost-Laotien's national animal is the Draco Orientalis dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cult of Slaanesh.

Ost-Laotien is ranked 5,054^th in the world and 97^th in The East Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 6,879.71 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.