The Commonwealth of Beepitol is a mid-sized, genial nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 56 million Beepitolians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 76.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Beepitolian economy, worth 1.44 trillion dollars 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. Average income is 25,715 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Signatures have been replaced with illegible scribbles, students consistently complain that the wi-fi ate their homework, political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions, and a vast monorail network carries people all over the country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beepitol's national animal is the house cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Beepitol is ranked 147,060^th in the world and 94^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 819.92 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.