The Communist Theocracy of Bodein is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Yoshi with an iron fist, and notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, pith helmet sales, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.569 billion Bodeinians 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, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order and Education are also considered important, while International Aid isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Argonian. The average income tax rate is 75.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bodeinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,204 trillion Potatoes 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Retail. 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 an impressive 140,548 Potatoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming, children as young as eight can present logical proofs for the existence of the afterlife, politicians have literally dirty hands from their extracurricular activities, and running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bodein's national animal is the Dovah, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Bodein is ranked 11,871^st in the world and 647^th in Osiris for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 362.44 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.