The Republic of BARC Trooper 20 is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its daily referendums, infamous sell-swords, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working population of 1.376 billion BARC Trooper 20ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 29.6%.

The BARC Trooper 20ian economy, worth 60.6 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,062 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

School plays were recently banned due to concerns of child endangerment, love is a precious butterfly to be crushed under diplomatic protocol, the number of students attending university has reached a record high, and the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BARC Trooper 20's national animal is the Droid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

BARC Trooper 20 is ranked 292,223^rd in the world and 4,393^rd in eta for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -38.71 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.