The Concordant Stratum of The Cypher Nine is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Council Chairman Cypher One with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and digital currency. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 3.844 billion Cypherians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Education, although Healthcare, Environment, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cypher One - Administrative Block. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Cypher Ninean economy, worth 762 trillion Polyglots a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is an impressive 198,303 Polyglots, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is mandatory to learn evolution in schools, pocket calculators are seen as status symbols for the ostentatiously wealthy, hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have, and Cypher Ninean tourists are encouraged to hand out spare condoms to locals while on vacation. Crime is totally unknown. The Cypher Nine's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Cypher Nine is ranked 3,771^st in the world and 61^st in Forest for Most Inclusive, scoring 244.01 on the Mandela-Wollstonecraft Non-Discrimination Index.