The Māst Ēaresprenġeles Rīċe of Ear Exploder 9000 is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Heáhcásere Joseph Average XVIII with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, smutty television, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 11.239 billion Earexplodians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cacophonia. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Earexplodian economy, worth a remarkable 3,616 trillion decibels 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, 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 321,788 decibels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

The numbers on the latest spending report are reaching stellar levels, the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings", contemporary art museums showcase the latest in centuries-old art, and the government is rumored to hire body doubles whose full-time jobs are to cry at public events. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ear Exploder 9000's national animal is the Joeaveragian Pike, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Joeism.

Ear Exploder 9000 is ranked 315,406^th in the world and 205^th in Refugia for Most Devout, with 2.05 prayers per hour.