The City of Obera is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, national health service, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cynical population of 589 million Oberenos are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Antonio de Padua. The average income tax rate is 25.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Obereno economy, worth 29.2 trillion Pesos 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 Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 49,598 Pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Funerals are often rudely interrupted by juggling clowns shouting for volunteers from the audience, politicians can't accept birthday presents from their own children, parole board directors light up a joint before telling hash-brownie baking grannies that they have to stay behind bars, and foreign policy is based upon the principle of sieve and take. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Obera's national animal is the Swallow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Obera is ranked 86,058^th in the world and 167^th in Edoca for Highest Drug Use, scoring 204.08 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.