The Dictatorship of Bedetopian Capture Team 9 is a titanic, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 21.514 billion Blue Soldiers 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Bedetopian economy, worth 144 trillion βedollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 6,695 βedollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bedetopian Capture Team 9's national animal is the Tentacled Lion of Venus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bedetopian Capture Team 9 is ranked 39,771^st in the world and 1^st in TEBE for Safest, scoring 105.81 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.