The Federation of Beat Patrol is a mammoth, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 7.482 billion Beat Patrolians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 33.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Beat Patrolian economy, worth 72.9 trillion francs 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 Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Pizza Delivery. 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 9,742 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beat Patrol's national animal is the parrot.

Beat Patrol is ranked 103,429^th in the world and 6^th in Prison for Largest Populations, with 7.48 billion capita.