The Most Serene Republic of Ghost 9 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 4.612 billion Ghost 9ians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 55.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Ghost 9ian economy, worth 72.5 trillion Ghosts 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. 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 15,729 Ghosts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ghost 9's national animal is the Ghost, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ghost 9 is ranked 300,469^th in the world and 2^nd in Minimalism for Most Developed, scoring 44.15 on the Human Development Index.