The 1 plus 1 plus 1 empire of Djibouti 3 is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Djehuty 3 with an iron fist, and notable for its flagrant waste-dumping, infamous sell-swords, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.54 billion Third Wheels are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Industry, Administration, and Spirituality are also considered important, while Welfare and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital City At Worlds End. The average income tax rate is 59.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Third Wheeler economy, worth 872 trillion 3 dubloons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 192,177 3 dubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Rocket scientists spend more time designing slide shows than launching rockets, senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour, suppression of pro-democracy protests is a daily occurrence, and taking hostages is a great way to influence government policy. Crime is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Djibouti 3's national animal is the 3rd Elk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is 333.

Djibouti 3 is ranked 292,540^th in the world and 9^th in Divided Nations of Earth for Nicest Citizens, with 0.14 average smiles per day.