The Democratic Republic of Bidenstavia is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its daily referendums, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 424 million Bidenstavians 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bidentopia. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Bidenstavian economy, worth 21.6 trillion bens 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 led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 50,987 bens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations, the Bidenstavia Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', the police turn a blind eye to desecration if it's done in the name of religion or protest, and the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Bidenstavia after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bidenstavia's national animal is the okapi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bidenstavia is ranked 33,973^rd in the world and 380^th in the West Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,510.16 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.