The Colony of 1050309 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 6.035 billion 1050309ians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.5%.

The frighteningly efficient 1050309ian economy, worth 788 trillion 131514525s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Gambling, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 130,733 131514525s, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words', political commentators say that Leader's fruitcake plans are about to go pear-shaped, agriculture is heavily subsidized by the government, and the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 1050309's national animal is the 1951822112, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

1050309 is ranked 264,125^th in the world and 1,641^st in 105 for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 41.35 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.