The Insular Area of Builders Beach is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 619 million Builders Beachians, 589 million of whom are zombies, 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 60.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Builders Beachian economy, worth 146 trillion Imperial Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 65,547 Imperial Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, six-year-old children playing dress-up are viewed with suspicion, Catherine Gratwick's campaign support is considered seminal, and counselors diagnose their clients with motherboard complexes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Builders Beach's national animal is the Island Doggo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Builders Beach is ranked 217,806^th in the world and 5^th in Seaplane Base for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring zero on the Clooney Contribution Index.