The Republic of Census-9 is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 677 million Census-9ians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 27.7%.

The Census-9ian economy, worth 31.5 trillion bitcoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 46,513 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

The government will gladly pay you next Tuesday for a hamburger today, forest fires have dropped dramatically as there are hardly any forests left, airport users are more worried about radiation than terrorism, and families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Census-9's national animal is the honey claw, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Census-9 is ranked 140,401^st in the world and 5^th in NationStates ARGs for Most Developed, scoring 56.4 on the Human Development Index.