The Colony of District 2049 is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its hatred of cheese, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 16 million replicants are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fragile District 2049ian economy, worth 360 billion Gooslings a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 22,558 Gooslings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, extreme political groups are outlawed, and excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. District 2049's national animal is the electric sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

District 2049 is ranked 302,491^st in the world and 553^rd in Starlight for Highest Average Incomes, with 22,558.9 Standard Monetary Units.