The Republic of Codename20 is a titanic, cultured nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, keen interest in outer space, and complete absence of social welfare. The cynical population of 16.262 billion Codename20ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 62.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Codename20ian economy, worth 810 trillion marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,850 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Father-son fishing trips have been banned, private businesses are paving paradises to put up parking lots, governments opposing Codename20 are beset by rebels, and homeowners on prime real estate have been seen dodging giant bulldozers with cartoon characters painted on them. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Codename20's national animal is the tiger, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Codename20 is ranked 17,254^th in the world and 1^st in Canadoors for Largest Black Market, with 221 trillion Standard Monetary Units.