The Principality of 90045 is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.394 billion 90045ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 79.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient 90045ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,235 trillion 9003s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 215,055 9003s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Artists regularly face criminal charges and art-burning parties are common, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around 90045 City, frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, and knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 90045's national animal is the 9003, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

90045 is ranked 12,006^th in the world and 1^st in What on earth is this2 for Lowest Crime Rates, with 97.81 law-abiding acts per hour.