The Empire of Bendertopia is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Kellen Bender with an iron fist, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, strictly enforced bedtime, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 7.154 billion Bendertopians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bendersburg. The average income tax rate is 78.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bendertopian economy, worth a remarkable 1,086 trillion bendertopian dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 151,841 bendertopian dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Dissing one's former country is a prerequisite to apply for Bendertopian citizenship, corrupt Party bureaucrats are being voted out of office in overwhelming numbers, the most penniless demographics have by far the highest number of researchers per capita, and preschoolers outnumber veteran politicians in government. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bendertopia's national animal is the Wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Benderanity.

Bendertopia is ranked 20,628^th in the world and 14^th in The Kingdom of Great Britain for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 304.27 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.