The Protectorate of Code 002 is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Hiro with a fair hand, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, anti-smoking policies, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, democratic population of 15.86 billion Parasites love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mistilteinn. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Parasite economy, worth 469 trillion Magmas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is 29,590 Magmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign nations kill migratory animals at random in the hope that Code 002 will pay them to stop, traveller camps regularly block five-lane superhighways, the government is a proud sponsor of the National Gaming Association, and orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Code 002's national animal is the Klaxosaur, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Jianism.

Code 002 is ranked 83,482^nd in the world and 31^st in Japan for Smartest Citizens, with 38.46 quips per hour.