The Republic of Square Root Function is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its lack of airports, public floggings, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.123 billion Square Root Functionians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Square Root Functionian economy, worth a remarkable 1,189 trillion numbers a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 146,394 numbers, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

It is now illegal for teens to view any sites except Club Kitten and My Little Donkey, childish pranks are no laughing matter, safety warnings are prohibited lest they give people ideas, and the Department of Health is snowed under by requests for crisper ciabatta and tenderer tagliatelle. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Square Root Function's national animal is the math, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Square Root Function is ranked 301,900^th in the world and 680^th in Giovanniland for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.01 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.