The State of Ostermeer is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Alba Molendin with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and digital currency. The compassionate population of 10.506 billion Ostermeerons enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government is primarily concerned with Education, although Environment, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dalev. The average income tax rate is 81.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ostermeerish economy, worth a remarkable 1,333 trillion Denars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,958 Denars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The beauty of coastal towns is marred only slightly by all the closed-down storefronts, you can bet your bottom dollar that gambling will cost you an arm and a leg, the government is hoping that medical aid will speak louder than human rights abuses, and old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones. Crime is totally unknown. Ostermeer's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ostermeer is ranked 9,885^th in the world and 4^th in New Western Atlantic for Nicest Citizens, with 33.3 average smiles per day.