The Unethical Exploitation of Muppet Beaker is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by fear with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, strictly enforced bedtime, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 13.209 billion lab assistants are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Muppet Theatre. The average income tax rate is 40.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The a lab assistant economy, worth 518 trillion traumas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 39,226 traumas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick, retail stores have reported mile-long lines after the ban on video games was lifted, fashion magazine covers finally display realistic body images following photo-manipulation becoming illegal, and news editors who eschew the state-approved superlatives for describing fear tend to disappear. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Muppet Beaker's national animal is the lab-rat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is trepidation.

Muppet Beaker is ranked 219,474^th in the world and 34^th in The Muppet Show for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 2.51 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.