The Empire of Passions99 is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 7.628 billion Passions99ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 34.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Passions99ian economy, worth 277 trillion bureaucrats 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Trout Farming, Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. 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 36,317 bureaucrats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The property market is in a bit of a state, major internet servers have acquired citizenship, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, and businesses that prove successful are immediately broken up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Passions99's national animal is the nibbler, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Passions99 is ranked 25,345^th in the world and 8^th in Neocortex for Most Secular, with 36.6 Atheism Rate.