The Democratic Republic of Ortaria is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Libra Vale with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 2.383 billion Ortarians 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 Industry, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Ortarian economy, worth 316 trillion kromers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 132,780 kromers, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 800,269 per year while the poor average 9,908, a ratio of 80.8 to 1.

The lives of former ski town residents are going downhill, there is one competing standard, the commercialisation of highly deadly weapons has instilled Ortaria with a very polite populace, and there have been reports of people marrying housepets. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Ortaria's national animal is the Jellyfish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Ortaria is ranked 129,845^th in the world and 109^th in Benigtopia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,045.56 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.