The Queendom of Code026 is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its public floggings, ritual sacrifices, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 9.997 billion Code026ians 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, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 29.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Code026ian economy, worth 441 trillion yen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 44,200 yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners, foreign governments are threatened if they so much as mention the word "election", many of the unemployed have had the fight taken out of them, and it is illegal to make racist remarks in public. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Code026's national animal is the black widow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Code026 is ranked 65,506^th in the world and 88^th in the Plains of Perdition for Largest Populations, with 10.00 billion capita.