The Republic of 543uii9 is a massive, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avant-garde cinema, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.265 billion 543uii9ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 36.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The 543uii9ian economy, worth 209 trillion lire a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,205 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Punitive tariffs protect local industry, a handful of megacorporations own every "craft brewery" in the nation, rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, and the military has quashed a recent coup attempt. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 543uii9's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

543uii9 is ranked 232,552^nd in the world and 8,624^th in Balder for Most Beautiful Environments, with 390.58 pounds of wildlife per square mile.