The Circus of BCC 1 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, prohibition of alcohol, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.916 billion BCC 1ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Spirituality, and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 34.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped BCC 1ian economy, worth 80.4 trillion guilders a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,945 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader's relatives have been married into the royal families of foreign nations against their will, door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes', charged suspects often have to wait years before the courts have room to judge their trial, and BCC 1 recently decided against having a capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BCC 1's national animal is the beaver.

BCC 1 is ranked 195,629^th in the world and 15^th in The Grey Wardens for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -2.45 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.