The Republic of Bai Lung is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Gong Chūrù with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 39.66 billion Bai Lungeses 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 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. The average income tax rate is 1.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Bai Lungian economy, worth an astonishing 17,700 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. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 446,306 Bai Lungese Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering', political activists are routinely executed, mining is the nation's most dangerous occupation, and in a fit of passion Gong Chūrù has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions. 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 536^th in the world and 11^th in The East Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 194.53 law-abiding acts per hour.