The Taoist Imperial State of Baophenx Dynasty is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Tao-Qi IV with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, unlimited-speed roads, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 9.195 billion Baophenx Dynastyians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avarga. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Baophenx Dynastyian economy, worth a remarkable 1,838 trillion Baphmas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 199,951 Baphmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The army's use of chemical weapons leaves a bad taste in the mouth, signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, in musicals everybody's a little bit racist, and lobbyists are trying to convince government to recategorize most natural disasters as "non-critical naturogenic inconveniences". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Baophenx Dynasty's national animal is the Basilisk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Taoism.

Baophenx Dynasty is ranked 16,233^rd in the world and 3^rd in Commonwealth of Idiots for Most Corrupt Governments, with 115.91 kickbacks per hour.