The Colony of Deflation 096 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory vegetarianism, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.476 billion Deflation 096ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Administration, although Law & Order, Welfare, and Healthcare are also considered important, while International Aid and Education aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Deflation 096ian economy, worth 133 trillion banks a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is 53,848 banks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Soldiers stream their classified military operations live for millions of fans, courtrooms can be a little sketchy, Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, and any citizen who cries is immediately assigned a psychiatrist. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Deflation 096's national animal is the card, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Deflation 096 is ranked 7,495^th in the world and 10^th in Willow Farm for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 5,628.74 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.