The Republic of BBCode is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.82 billion BBCodeans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.7%.

The all-consuming BBCodean economy, worth 319 trillion doubloons a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 113,148 doubloons, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 430,094 per year while the poor average 20,640, a ratio of 20.8 to 1.

Gun ownership is compulsory, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, ten-year-olds regularly found their own political parties, and wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BBCode's national animal is the mantis shrimp, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

BBCode is ranked 221,027^th in the world and 528^th in Aetherius for Nudest, with 98.5 cheeks per square mile.