The Most Earexplodian Realm of Ear Exploder 9000 is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Joseph Average XVIII with an iron fist, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol, smutty television, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 10.923 billion Earexplodians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cacophonia. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Earexplodian economy, worth a remarkable 3,434 trillion decibels 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. 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 amazing 314,400 decibels, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

The people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth, employers are gradually adapting to the alien premise of paying wages to their workers, anyone who so much as frowns risks being referred to a mental health unit, and terrified tympanists are finding themselves on the front lines armed only with kettledrums. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ear Exploder 9000's national animal is the Joeaveragian Pike, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Joeism.

Ear Exploder 9000 is ranked 13,231^st in the world and 65^th in Refugia for Most Developed, scoring 88.98 on the Human Development Index.