The Protectorate of 05 Council is a small, genial nation, remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 40 million 05 Councilians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 35.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped 05 Councilian economy, worth 1.68 trillion Dollars 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 led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 42,034 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mysterious black helicopters menace farmers to ensure compliance with straitjacketing agricultural policies, military information leaks are **REDACTED** by **REDACTED** in **REDACTED**, internet moderators work overtime to remove memes comparing Leader to cartoon bears, and there is no other place with more lab coats per square mile than former houses of worship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 05 Council's national animal is the Unknown, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

05 Council is ranked 144,873^rd in the world and 1^st in Imperial Europe for Most Corrupt Governments, with 3.7 kickbacks per hour.