The Democratic Republic of Baekdu is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Chairman Choe Thae-bok with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 10.029 billion Baekduans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Samjiyon. The average income tax rate is 57.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Baekduan economy, worth 233 trillion yengs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 23,287 yengs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Chairman Choe Thae-bok has just been declared ruler of Baekdu in an international press conference, Juche has been named as Baekdu's national religion, graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, and barbed wire entanglements and guard towers surround the Samjiyon Natural History Museum. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Baekdu's national animal is the unicorn and its national religion is Juche.

Baekdu is ranked 43,501^st in the world and 466^th in the Rejected Realms for Nicest Citizens, with 18.02 average smiles per day.