The Armed Republic of The 99th Revolutionary Worker Council is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 21.04 billion 99th Revolutionary Worker Councilians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.5%.

The powerhouse 99th Revolutionary Worker Councilian economy, worth 841 trillion Labormarks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is 40,011 Labormarks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 133,171 per year while the poor average 8,957, a ratio of 14.9 to 1.

Crime is a problem. The 99th Revolutionary Worker Council's national animal is the Python.

The 99th Revolutionary Worker Council is ranked 15,077^th in the world and 1^st in Union of Communist Republics for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 7,850.59 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.