The 1 plus 1 plus 1 empire of Djibouti 3 is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Djehuty 3 with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, infamous sell-swords, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.673 billion Third Wheels are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Industry, Spirituality, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Return of the Capitol City. The average income tax rate is 61.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Third Wheeler economy, worth 888 trillion 3 dubloons a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 190,123 3 dubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Radio stations offer prizes to callers who can guess this month's most endangered species, the ingredients list for most food products covers the entire surface of the packaging, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, and ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products. 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 teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is 333.

Djibouti 3 is ranked 282,990^th in the world and 8^th in Divided Nations of Earth for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 22.92 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.