The Republic of ACC Node 89 is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its national health service, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 747 million ACC Node 89ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government prioritizes Industry, although Administration, Healthcare, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 66.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient ACC Node 89ian economy, worth 108 trillion hhs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 145,751 hhs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The nightly news reports prosaically on the government blindly throwing money at despotic kidnappers, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, Maxtopian villagers starve by the time ACC Node 89ian officials even file the appropriate paperwork needed to help them, and paper and ink publications are subsidised by the government to keep them in the black. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ACC Node 89's national animal is the hh, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

ACC Node 89 is ranked 9,210^th in the world and 7^th in Antarctica Compute Cluster for Most Cultured, scoring 119 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.