The Depressed Pile of General of General BM is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Pile of Fuzzy Depression of BM with an iron fist, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, public floggings, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.723 billion Pile of Sadnesses are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, with Law & Order, Healthcare, and Social Policy also on the agenda, while Welfare and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Depressed City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Blanket economy, worth 454 trillion BM Dollars a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is 96,247 BM Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 273,223 per year while the poor average 27,081, a ratio of 10.1 to 1.

General BM's fine wines are renowned throughout the region, abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals, wandering Pile of Sadnesses are known for their one-track minds, and pharmacists increasingly claim they are morally obligated to take long lunches. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force. General BM's national animal is the Depressed Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Tears and Terror.

General BM is ranked 329,198^th in the world and 87^th in Shin Godzilla for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -13.56 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.