The Free Land of Beefwater 20 is a mammoth, orderly nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, ban on automobiles, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 7.715 billion Beefwater 20ians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.5%.

The strong Beefwater 20ian economy, worth 520 trillion beefwaters a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,469 beefwaters, with the richest citizens earning 7.6 times as much as the poorest.

Frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, aides are afraid to ask if Leader wants a cup of tea or coffee, travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, and liberals and conservatives try to disqualify each other's candidates on the grounds that "their ideas would never work in the real world". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beefwater 20's national animal is the beefwater, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Beefwater 20 is ranked 266,989^th in the world and 193^rd in junk for Nicest Citizens, with 6.84 average smiles per day.