The Fourty-one of 41 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its vat-grown people, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 28.225 billion 41ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 75.7%.

The frighteningly efficient 41ian economy, worth a remarkable 5,597 trillion Golds a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 198,332 Golds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 715,922 per year while the poor average 39,249, a ratio of 18.2 to 1.

Agricultural employees work for peanuts, old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, exterminators swarm 41ian homes, and kids refer to anything below the neck as "the parts that shall not be named". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 41's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

41 is ranked 23,778^th in the world and 1^st in Yesterday for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 75.72 Effective Tax Rate.