The Empire of Otrama-Averilla is a huge, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and triple-decker prams. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 349 million Otraverlians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Cagayan City. The average income tax rate is 50.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Otraverlians economy, worth 21.4 trillion Win Tokens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 61,372 Win Tokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches, fire stations and hospitals can't deploy emergency vehicles because badly parked cars block them in, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, and Leader claims tax rises are the result of 'curses'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Otrama-Averilla's national animal is the Tamaraw, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Otrama-Averilla is ranked 70,385^th in the world and 129^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 108.87 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.