The Holy Empire of Otfes is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Air Learner with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program, sprawling nuclear power plants, and national health service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.476 billion Otfesians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Krustopol. The average income tax rate is 96.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Otfesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,389 trillion emeralds a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 253,734 emeralds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

You can't ask the government "you and whose army?" when they declare they're going to rob you, migrating birds in the nation's airspace are considered a violation of national sovereignty, every new toxic waste dump comes with a seal of approval from the government's science advisor, and the "Dreadnowt" is the pride and joy of the Otfesian Navy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Otfes's national animal is the phantom, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Ortodox Christianity.

Otfes is ranked 8,134^th in the world and 1^st in Imperial Security Alliance for Largest Black Market, with 774 trillion Standard Monetary Units.