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The Insular Area of Builders Beach is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its public floggings, lack of airports, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, cynical population of 2.041 billion Builders Beachians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 59.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Builders Beachian economy, worth 134 trillion Imperial Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 65,966 Imperial Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Glamping Builders Beachians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi, translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', and the government denies any involvement in the release of the Hot Load computer virus. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Builders Beach's national animal is the Island Doggo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Builders Beach is ranked 81,612^th in the world and 2^nd in Seaplane Base for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 13,657.75 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.