The JRPG of Final Fantasy 9 is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Moogle with an iron fist, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.865 billion Final Fantasy 9ians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Square. The average income tax rate is 53.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Final Fantasy 9ian economy, worth 675 trillion marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is 76,237 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Even in the most hardened climate scientists break down at the sound of a single drop of rain, the fattest folk in Final Fantasy 9 look to be the happiest ones, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, and the Final Fantasy 9ian government is the world's largest NGO. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Final Fantasy 9's national animal is the kiwi, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Crystals.

Final Fantasy 9 is ranked 49,379^th in the world and 10^th in Square Enix for Highest Poor Incomes, with 55,798.09 Standard Monetary Units.