The Empire of 12343434 is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 9 million 12343434ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling 12343434ian economy, worth 151 billion LIBRAS 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 16,854 LIBRAS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", the banshee wail foretells skies of death, and voting is compulsory. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 12343434's national animal is the FOX, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

12343434 is ranked 224,353^rd in the world and 54^th in Illuminati Empire for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4.24 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.