The Republic of GU 9th Division is a mammoth, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5.695 billion GU 9th Divisionians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 24.9%.

The strong GU 9th Divisionian economy, worth 268 trillion florins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 47,090 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Clumsy self-injury is a viable claim in modern compensation culture, victims of crime are viewed as less trustworthy than politicians, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GU 9th Division's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

GU 9th Division is ranked 4,676^th in the world and 8^th in Artificial Solar System for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 6,669.97 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.