The Democratic Republic of Oshmit is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 447 million Oshmians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aladeenia. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Oshmian economy, worth 21.3 trillion Peoples' Aladollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 47,583 Peoples' Aladollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, all footpaths have tollbooths, the most popular stadium acts are one-off performances, and exports of live cows arrive pre-roasted. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Oshmit's national animal is the Songbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Oshmit is ranked 27,099^th in the world and 5^th in Perdita for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 1,969.03 on the Societal Mobility Rating.