What would and Autistic Country be like?

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It'd be quieter, hopefully. More investment in electric-engined vehicles and tools, as opposed to the noisier gas-powered ones. More of a soundproofing industry and soundproofing requirements for residential, business, and industrial architecture. Likewise, more investment in levels of cleaning which dealt with olfactory pollution. And probably waste in general. I can imagine more in the way of street cleaning and annual building washes, using non-chemical processes.

Job applications would be assessed based on the person's ability to do the job, not on their ability to be a social butterfly. WFH would be the default, and it wouldn't surprise me if there was an investment in telepresence for blue-collar work.

Ideally, education would have a self-pacing component. People who excelled at one or more subjects would be able to read ahead and take the tests/exams quickly. People who had trouble with certain subjects could access in-depth service which helped to break down the concepts and present them in different ways. Neither of these would be seen as abnormal in any way.

It wouldn't surprise me if the country had international industries in back-end consulting, analysis, scientific research, mathematics, and hyperfocus services. People who moved away, either permanently or temporarily, may well find themselves working in ultra-executive service provision, where the hyper-wealthy (or at least the upper end of the business class) purchased extremely expensive versions of products and services which had massive amounts of attention to detail put into them.

Public transport may be significantly more advanced than elsewhere. With an acknowledgement that not everyone is easily capable of driving in heavy traffic or at highway speeds, public transport should be ubiquitous, simple to use, clean and attractive, and free.

In general, public policy would most likely be set according to the results of research, rather than emotional or religious leanings. Politicians would be evaluated on the thoroughness and depth of the research, papers, and information they derived their policies and platforms from, instead of rabid demagoguery. Where research from equally-credible sources seemed to have opposing data for no obvious reason, additional research would be commissioned, instead of just having two groups shouting at each other about who was 'right'.