The Escape of 0x1b is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by GNOME Foundation with an even hand, and renowned for its lack of airports, enslaved workforce, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 8.304 billion 0x1bians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kernelspace. The average income tax rate is 66.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming 0x1bian economy, worth 785 trillion bytes a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 94,548 bytes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

A performance of the hit musical "Mamma Tua" has been delayed after squatters were found sleeping in the orchestra pit, skateparks can be found in every city, the delay between passed legislation and real world implementation is often a decade or longer, and road rage is rarer but more terminal now that many people drive fully-operational battle tanks to work. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 0x1b's national animal is the RAM, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

0x1b is ranked 56,774^th in the world and 19^th in Bytes for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.48 law-abiding acts per hour.