The Department of Oise is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Yves Rome with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 24.303 billion Isariens 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beauvais. The average income tax rate is 42.4%.

The powerhouse Isarien economy, worth a remarkable 1,818 trillion francs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Trout Farming. Average income is 74,806 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Short shrift is being given to applications for political asylum from illegal immigrants, religious leaders order congregants to love any neighbour who is just like themselves, coffee-addicted citizens look forward to baristas getting their name wrong at local coffee shops, and songs of praise to Yves Rome are filled with coded messages from the resistance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Oise's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Oise is ranked 123,567^th in the world and 24^th in Department Store for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 3,078.68 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.