The Republic of BARC Trooper 5 is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, disturbing lack of elderly people, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.354 billion BARC Trooper 5ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.4%.

The strong BARC Trooper 5ian economy, worth 90.2 trillion Credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,651 Credits, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 331,214 per year while the poor average 7,585, a ratio of 43.7 to 1.

Government employees have reverted to carrier pigeon due to never-ending virus scans, museum employees look down on short people, patch v22.1705 - all developers are now paid for work, and shoppers have literally had their hands full since plastic bags were banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BARC Trooper 5's national animal is the Droid.

BARC Trooper 5 is ranked 109,222^nd in the world and 790^th in eta for Highest Average Incomes, with 66,651.4 Standard Monetary Units.