The Republic of BARC Trooper 14 is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, hard-working population of 1.393 billion BARC Trooper 14ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 50.6%.

The BARC Trooper 14ian economy, worth 51.9 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 37,283 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Every politician claims to be at least 1% Native BARC Trooper 14ian, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The BARC Trooper 14 City Times is sold out, pregnant hitchhikers with signs requesting rides to "competent care" are a common sight on BARC Trooper 14ian roads, and BARC Trooper 14 is increasingly belligerent on the international stage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BARC Trooper 14's national animal is the Droid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

BARC Trooper 14 is ranked 41,799^th in the world and 303^rd in eta for Nicest Citizens, with 18.34 average smiles per day.