Olvia

Olvia is the advisor of Yymea.

The República socialista federal of Olvia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Iker with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.528 billion Olvians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brismark city. The average income tax rate is 92.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Olvian economy, worth 120 trillion Royaltieses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. Average income is 78,577 Royaltieses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Discarded pennies litter the streets, colonial citizens are forced to sing the praise of the "Great Olvian Liberator", the army lures cannon fodder with promises of a college education, and invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Olvia's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.