The Empire of Beanastan SSR is a massive, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, ban on automobiles, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.167 billion Beanastanians 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, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 71.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Beanastan SSRian economy, worth 24.6 trillion Lakers 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. Average income is 21,113 Lakers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, promising seven years of bad luck leads to seven years of community service, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and cars are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beanastan SSR's national animal is the Reindeer.

Beanastan SSR is ranked 68,207^th in the world and 43^rd in Viridian Sound for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 46.3 on the Kitten Softness Rating.