The Refugi Spirit of Oaks 279 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.385 billion Oaks 279ians 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 prioritizes Administration, with Industry, Education, and Environment also on the agenda, while International Aid receives no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 42.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Oaks 279ian economy, worth 761 trillion planets a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 103,176 planets, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

Crime has increased substantially since the police concentrated all their efforts on arresting the rich for loitering in their own homes, most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, the government is pursuing a new programme aimed at promoting cultural sophistication, and ritual mummification is making a comeback. Crime is a serious problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Oaks 279's national animal is the goose, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Oaks 279 is ranked 13,446^th in the world and 158^th in Artificial Solar System for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 7,698.79 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.