The Republic of White Noise is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Thomas Richard Harryman with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, prohibition of alcohol, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 27.268 billion White Noiseans 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 tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dethklok. The average income tax rate is 8.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient White Noisean economy, worth a remarkable 8,959 trillion Bloodmarks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 328,558 Bloodmarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park, White Noisean novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Thomas Richard Harryman, soldiers stream their classified military operations live for millions of fans, and exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting. Crime is totally unknown. White Noise's national animal is the Blood Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Pastafarian.

White Noise is ranked 1,472^nd in the world and 1^st in Critical Mass for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 891.24 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.