The Republic of Watershed Telemetry 9 is a huge, pleasant nation, renowned for its burgeoning dragonfly population. The hard-working population of 756 million Watershed Telemetry 9ians 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 23.5%.

The Watershed Telemetry 9ian economy, worth 29.6 trillion raffle tickets a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Gambling. Average income is 39,179 raffle tickets, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Watershed Telemetry 9's national animal is the dragonfly.

Watershed Telemetry 9 is ranked 143,071^st in the world and 1,665^th in eta for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 76.81 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.