The Negative Acknowledge of 0x15 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Arthur C Clarke with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, zero percent divorce rate, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.44 billion 0x15ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.8%.

The frighteningly efficient 0x15ian economy, worth 756 trillion bytes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,608 bytes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Collisions between bicycles and carnival floats are on the rise, prisoners pray grey skies are gonna clear up, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 0x15's national animal is the RAM, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

0x15 is ranked 244,393^rd in the world and 149^th in Bytes for Nicest Citizens, with 1.52 average smiles per day.