The Protectorate of 05 Council is a small, genial nation, renowned for its avowedly heterosexual populace, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 36 million 05 Councilians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 35.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped 05 Councilian economy, worth 1.50 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 41,753 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, man-love is banned in the name of His love, the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', and mysterious black helicopters menace farmers to ensure compliance with straitjacketing agricultural policies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 05 Council's national animal is the Unknown, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

05 Council is ranked 52,990^th in the world and 1^st in Imperial Europe for Safest, scoring 102.07 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.