The Empire of Beichte is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 12.006 billion Beichtians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shul Prindonam. The average income tax rate is 50.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Beichtean economy, worth 375 trillion Golds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,297 Golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, organ donation is compulsory, military parades quietly tiptoe their way through the streets, and all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Shul Prindonam. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beichte's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Beichte is ranked 173,346^th in the world and 44^th in The Alliance of Dictators for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,018.9 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.