The Most Serene Republic of 0x9E is a colossal, pleasant nation, notable for its public floggings, complete lack of prisons, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 7.606 billion 0x9Eians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 23.0%.

The 0x9Eian economy, worth 360 trillion bytes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 47,352 bytes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

It turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage, justice is blinding, the nation's government buildings are remarkable for being ugly concrete boxes, and Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 0x9E's national animal is the RAM, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

0x9E is ranked 170,013^th in the world and 127^th in Bytes for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 251.98 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.