The Republic of Memory Address 0x02 is a huge, safe nation, notable for its ban on automobiles and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 698 million Memory Address 0x02ians 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 Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 26.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Memory Address 0x02ian economy, worth 27.5 trillion Datas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,338 Datas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Barbed wire entanglements and guard towers surround the Memory Address 0x02 City Natural History Museum, a sincere statement of belief can get you out of anything, TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews, and the government seizes the property of the recently deceased. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Memory Address 0x02's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Memory Address 0x02 is ranked 167,955^th in the world and 1^st in Cat Cafe for Lowest Crime Rates, with 60.44 law-abiding acts per hour.