The Republic of District Line 42 is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, public floggings, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 9.776 billion District Line 42ians 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 Education, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 33.8%.

The District Line 42ian economy, worth 437 trillion deniers a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,782 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, well-off serial killers write monthly checks to avoid jail time, families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country, and corporations cut costs by taking away safety-features on their products. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. District Line 42's national animal is the sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

District Line 42 is ranked 174,707^th in the world and 10^th in Niamark for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 373.37 on the Gilded Widget Scale.