The Twenty-Eight of 28 is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its lack of airports, vat-grown people, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 28.091 billion 28ians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient 28ian economy, worth a remarkable 4,364 trillion Golds a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 155,376 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The state-controlled media salutes those about to spy, representatives soak in mineral pools at the new capitol building day spa, only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens, and teachers prefer to give 'Maybe, Maybe Not' tests when dealing with sensitive subjects. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 28's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

28 is ranked 1,254^th in the world and 2^nd in The Hole To Hide In for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 14,536.47 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.