The Federal Republic of Code Nation is a small, genial nation, notable for its burgeoning Peregrine Falcon population. The democratic population of 36 million Code Nationians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 22.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Code Nationian economy, worth 1.61 trillion Bytes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,735 Bytes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government subsidizes those who produce the worst results, the military maintains a fierce arsenal of 'Cure Missiles', there's a bright dawn ahead for Code Nation, and going on a diet invalidates your passport. Crime is totally unknown. Code Nation's national animal is the Peregrine Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Code Nation is ranked 319,599^th in the world and 134^th in Africa for Largest Black Market, with 3.00 billion Standard Monetary Units.