The Republic of -Bamboo Memory- is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, enslaved workforce, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 886 million -Bamboo Memory-ians 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.7%.

The very strong -Bamboo Memory-ian economy, worth 67.0 trillion currencies 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. 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 75,619 currencies, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 255,503 per year while the poor average 16,553, a ratio of 15.4 to 1.

Military parades quietly tiptoe their way through the streets, arms manufacturing has been put at an arm's length, Leader's new door-knocking campaign has the sweet taste of success, and it is illegal to make racist remarks in public. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Bamboo Memory-'s national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Bamboo Memory- is ranked 243,224^th in the world and 793^rd in Izern for Highest Poor Incomes, with 16,553.58 Standard Monetary Units.