The Republic of Bai Lung is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Gong Chūrù with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, anti-smoking policies, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 44.85 billion Bai Lungeses are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pyongjing. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Bai Lungian economy, worth an astonishing 19,608 trillion Bai Lungese Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an amazing 437,208 Bai Lungese Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,655,617 per year while the poor average 80,239, a ratio of 20.6 to 1.

The nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, organ donation is compulsory, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, and mining is the nation's most dangerous occupation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Bai Lung's national animal is the Tiger Pig and Man, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bai Lung is ranked 26,460^th in the world and 393^rd in The East Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 80,239.48 Standard Monetary Units.