The Nomadic Peoples of 0x98 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.55 billion 0x98ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.9%.

The strong 0x98ian economy, worth 392 trillion bytes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Soda Sales. Average income is 51,963 bytes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 148,323 per year while the poor average 14,509, a ratio of 10.2 to 1.

Dangerous criminals are often 'accidentally' sent on one-way trips to Maxtopia, the secret ingredient is love (and MSG), bank robbers always set aside 50% of the loot to pay off the judge, and dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive. Crime is a problem. 0x98's national animal is the RAM, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

0x98 is ranked 252,394^th in the world and 216^th in Bytes for Lowest Crime Rates, with 50.91 law-abiding acts per hour.