The Republic of Codename42 is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.142 billion Codename42ians 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 government prioritizes Defense, although Administration, Healthcare, and Education are also considered important, while International Aid isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 35.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Codename42ian economy, worth 692 trillion marks a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Soda Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,192 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Leader's former secretary was last sighted on her new yacht, fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, and seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Codename42's national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Codename42 is ranked 123,498^th in the world and 1,413^th in Artificial Solar System for Most Corrupt Governments, with 6.97 kickbacks per hour.