The Republic of Ocean Waters is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, digital currency, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 384 million Oceanians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The minute, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, with Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality also on the agenda, while Environment and Social Policy receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.9%.

The all-consuming Oceanian economy, worth 41.6 trillion Ocean Water Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 108,461 Ocean Water Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 731,460 per year while the poor average 5,971, a ratio of 122 to 1.

X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low, a survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high, entire families swing in the wind at the national gallows, and no one knows how to tie a reef knot. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ocean Waters's national animal is the Whale, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Ocean Waters is ranked 300,944^th in the world and 3,985^th in The East Pacific for Safest, scoring 15.5 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.