The Republic of 047 is a titanic, safe nation, renowned for its burgeoning horseshoe crab population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 24.849 billion 047ians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Spirituality, with Welfare, Law & Order, and Defense also on the agenda, while International Aid isn't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.9%.

The strong 047ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,733 trillion quattrums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is 69,758 quattrums, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, military spending recently hit a new high, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, and the tenet of free speech is held dear. Crime is relatively low. 047's national animal is the horseshoe crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

047 is ranked 109,922^nd in the world and 2^nd in Seaplane Base for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 90 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.