The Imperial Republic of Imperial Defender 09 is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, free-roaming dinosaurs, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 18.967 billion Imperial Defender 09ians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 30.3%.

The strong Imperial Defender 09ian economy, worth 860 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 45,358 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Newspapers are celebrating Leader saving over a million cats from trees, the Imperial Defender 09ian Intelligence Agency has put 'Project Quantum Refrigerator' on hold indefinitely, libraries are replacing history books and classic novels with technical manuals and trades directories to match the nation's changing demands, and Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Imperial Defender 09's national animal is the Eagle.

Imperial Defender 09 is ranked 88,821^st in the world and 1^st in Margaritaville for Safest, scoring 86.56 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.