The Republic of 12308nem980 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, daily referendums, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 7.095 billion 12308nem980ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.7%.

The all-consuming 12308nem980ian economy, worth 829 trillion rupees a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 116,867 rupees, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

Construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays, auditors are gutting every governmental department, and in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 12308nem980's national animal is the unicorn, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

12308nem980 is ranked 33,731^st in the world and 918^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Corrupt Governments, with 64.59 kickbacks per hour.