The United Socialist States of The Oass is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister James Decroix with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory vegetarianism, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.279 billion Oassians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ösburg. The average income tax rate is 93.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Oassian economy, worth 171 trillion Réals a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 134,478 Réals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prison officers are bribed not to take bribes, the meaning of life was recently discovered in the patch notes for Version 1.42, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", and popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Oass's national animal is the Sparrow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Oass is ranked 29,585^th in the world and 623^rd in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 221.65 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.