The Disputed Territories of The Bureaucratic Territories is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Overlord with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and frequent executions. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.535 billion Measured Men 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 medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Education, although Healthcare, Industry, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District 1. The average income tax rate is 90.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Weighed and Measured economy, worth a remarkable 1,671 trillion Favours a year, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 175,254 Favours, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles distance from the National Science Park, up to 40% of voters can finally read the issues they're deciding on, and advertisements for jobs in the sciences run in fashion magazines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Bureaucratic Territories's national animal is the Mutated Platypus, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Bureaucratic Territories is ranked 157,491^st in the world and 7,973^rd in The North Pacific for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 21.42 on the Bus Surprisal Index.