The United States of Otsu is a colossal, pleasant nation, notable for its digital currency and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.388 billion Otsuans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 23.2%.

The Otsuan economy, worth 185 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. Average income is 42,306 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

The masses are surrendering their civil liberties without complaint for the sake of shopping convenience, homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities, road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, and the men in trenchcoats hanging around playgrounds are actually police officers. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Otsu's national animal is the Kitsune.

Otsu is ranked 288,155^th in the world and 1^st in Otsu for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,742.62 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.