The Republic of Big dic is a very large, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 468 million Big dicians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.7%.

The powerhouse Big dician economy, worth 44.0 trillion Big diks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,064 Big diks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 447,498 per year while the poor average 11,641, a ratio of 38.4 to 1.

Government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive, octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it, in coastal waters there are fifteen salvage divers per dead man's chest (yo ho ho), and asylum seekers have voted Big dic as best layover destination. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Big dic's national animal is the Hourse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Big dic is ranked 37,310^th in the world and 177^th in Concord for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 2,407.66 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.