The Republic of Codename38 is a titanic, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avant-garde cinema, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed population of 16.142 billion Codename38ians 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 42.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Codename38ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,179 trillion lire a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,081 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

C-SPAN viewership drops as MPs act their age, an epidemic of unpopped kernels causes movie goers to gnash their teeth, former televangelists are often seen begging skateboarders for donations, and the might of the entire Codename38ian Navy is focused on fifty bemused spear-throwing islanders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Codename38's national animal is the bison, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Codename38 is ranked 246,787^th in the world and 2^nd in The Union of Ottoman Vilayets for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.93 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.