The Folklore of The 1- is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its parental licensing program, avant-garde cinema, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 6.441 billion 1-ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 44.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient 1-ian economy, worth 564 trillion pounds a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is 87,564 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Male friends are often accompanied by a female relative in order to prove their 'straightness', childhood friends of Leader are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense, eminent domain has been abolished, and gay hospital patients are labelled with a pink triangle to alert staff of their substandard blood. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The 1-'s national animal is the porpoise, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

The 1- is ranked 269,678^th in the world and 398^th in Stereo Hearts for Highest Food Quality, scoring 6.8 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.