The Republic of BARC Trooper 16 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The devout population of 1.484 billion BARC Trooper 16ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 29.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient BARC Trooper 16ian economy, worth 64.2 trillion Credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,271 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

A historic rise in the minimum wage has crushed the economy with inflation, children in school playgrounds can be heard chanting the hymns of the Order of Violet, some of the country's most famous photographers are animals, and black tea is only available on the black market. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BARC Trooper 16's national animal is the Droid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

BARC Trooper 16 is ranked 248,195^th in the world and 8^th in Jersey New for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -3.69 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.