The Hacking Encore of Upper Sunrise Islands is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Bl00dSp1r1t-1 with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 15.426 billion Encorian Hackers 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pseudo Cortex City. The average income tax rate is 63.5%.

The strong Encorian economy, worth 728 trillion IslandBits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Tourism. Average income is 47,227 IslandBits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Ten-year-olds regularly found their own political parties, recent protests against birds flying too low have resulted in bloodshed, the fastest growing demographic of porn viewership is twelve to seventeen, and listless juries are assembled for the simplest of court cases. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Upper Sunrise Islands's national animal is the Porygon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Upper Sunrise Islands is ranked 144,969^th in the world and 10^th in Sonnel for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 67.45 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.