The Armed Republic of Happolf Bidia is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, unlimited-speed roads, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 2.25 billion Happolf Bidians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 35.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Happolf Bidian economy, worth 307 trillion tokens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 136,679 tokens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The government offers gay men mildly offensive tips on how to pass as straight, police detectives carry phrenology calipers as part of their standard kit, the best defense is a good fence, and economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Happolf Bidia's national animal is the badger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Happolf Bidia is ranked 192,247^th in the world and 765^th in Concord for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 61.7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.