The Republic of 659 is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, ubiquitous missile silos, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, devout population of 689 million 659ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, with Industry, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 66.3%.

The all-consuming 659ian economy, worth 60.8 trillion currencies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 88,224 currencies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Blackacrean security services are wondering why Leader is so fond of the numbers 6, 7 and 9, people who stay late at the office often come home to find their own funeral being planned, 659 has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, and the nation's best artists are considered pretty easy to beat. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 659's national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

659 is ranked 174,985^th in the world and 143^rd in Charleslandia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 926.55 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.