The Synchronous Idle of 0x16 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Vinton Cerf with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 8.515 billion 0x16ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Stack. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.3%.

The all-consuming 0x16ian economy, worth 483 trillion bytes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,782 bytes, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 298,177 per year while the poor average 5,781, a ratio of 51.6 to 1.

No one is worried about government policies any more, young girls aren't having a ball but they are enjoying themselves, shopkeepers use microscopes to verify the authenticity of banknotes, and Vinton Cerf is the self-declared God of all 0x16. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 0x16's national animal is the RAM, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Church of Emacs.

0x16 is ranked 272,078^th in the world and 204^th in Bytes for Highest Food Quality, scoring 6.63 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.