The Nine Stitches of A stitch in time saves nine is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Captain Stitch with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, vat-grown people, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 15.413 billion stitch in time saves nineans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bodkin City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.7%.

The all-consuming stitch in time saves ninean economy, worth a remarkable 1,443 trillion baht a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 93,666 baht, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 329,803 per year while the poor average 19,261, a ratio of 17.1 to 1.

Former planespotters are dusting off long-abandoned anoraks, a traveller who once stubbed a toe on an Air Brancaland flight has been offered asylum, the government tries not to listen to the people unless it absolutely has to, and corporations cut costs by taking away safety-features on their products. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem. A stitch in time saves nine's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is nihilism.

A stitch in time saves nine is ranked 88,427^th in the world and 1^st in empty wasteland for Most Developed, scoring 64.53 on the Human Development Index.