The Republic of ID 9 is a huge, genial nation, notable for its compulsory military service, ubiquitous missile silos, and suspicion of poets. The devout population of 886 million ID 9ians 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 Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 37.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The ID 9ian economy, worth 50.3 trillion pesos a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 56,723 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, every workday begins with group therapy, supervisors in ID 9 commonly tie bells on their necks to alert employees of their presence, and euthanasia is legal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ID 9's national animal is the cow, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

ID 9 is ranked 205,450^th in the world and 4,382^nd in Artificial Solar System for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -6.63 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.