The People's Republic of 1 000 000 000 is a large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and ubiquitous missile silos. The cynical population of 50 million Protohumans are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 25.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The 1 000 000 000ian economy, worth 2.50 trillion Eddies 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Retail. Average income is 49,953 Eddies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, ADHD now stands for Attention Distracted by Hardware Devices, no one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed, and the government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 1 000 000 000's national animal is the T-Rex, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

1 000 000 000 is ranked 46,230^th in the world and 1,482^nd in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 158.11 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.