The Nomadic Peoples of Octorepa is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by High Matriarch with an iron fist, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, pith helmet sales, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 23.045 billion Octorepans 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 tiny, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City. The average income tax rate is 6.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Octorepan economy, worth a remarkable 6,026 trillion Zuqs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Gambling. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an amazing 261,524 Zuqs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, and dentists routinely perform open heart surgery. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Octorepa's national animal is the Zuq, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Omniquantism.

Octorepa is ranked 31,951^st in the world and 1^st in The Realm of Freedom for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 4,102.81 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.