The Negative Acknowledge of 0x15 is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Arthur C Clarke with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.528 billion 0x15ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.8%.

The frighteningly efficient 0x15ian economy, worth 764 trillion bytes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,608 bytes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Collisions between bicycles and carnival floats are on the rise, prisoners pray grey skies are gonna clear up, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 0x15's national animal is the RAM, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

0x15 is ranked 26,868^th in the world and 20^th in Bytes for Most Corrupt Governments, with 79.78 kickbacks per hour.