The Colony of Basementian England is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.237 billion Basementian Englandians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of London. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Basementian Englandian economy, worth 43.2 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 34,948 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dogman-branded weapons are all the rage in the militaristic comic-book community, 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, and caps with skulls on them are the height of fashion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Basementian England's national animal is the lion.

Basementian England is ranked 230,296^th in the world and 18^th in The Interdimensional Community for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 135.76 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.