The Federal Republic of THE BUREAUCRACY is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, compulsory military service, and national health service. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.082 billion BUREAUCRACYians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of PARLIAMENT. The average income tax rate is 74.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong BUREAUCRACYian economy, worth 82.4 trillion Legislatures a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 76,163 Legislatures, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, Air THE BUREAUCRACY is rumored to receive more government funding than the BUREAUCRACYian Air Force, and the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. THE BUREAUCRACY's national animal is the Legislative Branch, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

THE BUREAUCRACY is ranked 37,476^th in the world and 1^st in Nova Constantinople for Highest Poor Incomes, with 66,453.29 Standard Monetary Units.