The Anocratic empire of Bigpipstan is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Bigpip with a fair hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.535 billion Imperials 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperial castle. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Imperial economy, worth a remarkable 2,983 trillion CBDCS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an amazing 220,430 CBDCS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Human tissue is grown in vats as a delicacy as well as for transplants, Bigpipstan successfully hosted the Pony planets Olympics, panic-stricken royals insist a stray ball in their garden is an emergency, and the army lives rent-free in foreigners' heads and houses. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bigpipstan's national animal is the Gootraxian, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Neo-Harmonism.

Bigpipstan is ranked 8,819^th in the world and 1^st in Pony planets for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 10,848.85 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.