The Community of Oaksterdam University is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 217 million Oaksterdamians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.1%.

The strong Oaksterdamian economy, worth 9.59 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Retail, Furniture Restoration, and Trout Farming. Average income is 44,190 dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 275,263 per year while the poor average 3,033, a ratio of 90.7 to 1.

Organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Oaksterdam University's national animal is the opossum, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Oaksterdam University is ranked 294,930^th in the world and 727^th in California Colleges and Universities for Largest Black Market, with 18.2 billion Standard Monetary Units.