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The Republic of Bai Lung is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Gong Chūrù with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, parental licensing program, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 41.014 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. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Bai Lungian economy, worth an astonishing 18,047 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 440,044 Bai Lungese Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,479,345 per year while the poor average 97,057, a ratio of 15.2 to 1.

Phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, citizens must pay to enjoy Bai Lung's pristine beaches, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, and senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour. 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 2,253^rd in the world and 30^th in The East Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 12,977.11 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.