The Democratic People's Republic of Baichen is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its digital currency, pith helmet sales, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.803 billion Baichenese are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 81.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Baichenese economy, worth 708 trillion woolongs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 147,510 woolongs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Report cards now include a 'Pain Tolerance' grading column, asking 'a penny for your thoughts?' draws law enforcement response, engaged partners detail their fiancés' private lives in detail to prurient bureaucrats, and a law degree is required before telling people not to drink and drive. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Baichen's national animal is the shark, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Baichen is ranked 5,483^rd in the world and 3^rd in SCR Radosloboda for Most Cultured, scoring 151 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.