The Republic of BARC Trooper 18 is a massive, safe nation, notable for its parental licensing program, zero percent divorce rate, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-working, cynical population of 1.52 billion BARC Trooper 18ians 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 30.5%.

The BARC Trooper 18ian economy, worth 67.7 trillion Credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 44,534 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Engine room hooch is the drink of choice among the nation's navy, the tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists, late night adverts for breast milk co-ops regularly win pornography industry awards, and dissing one's former country is a prerequisite to apply for BARC Trooper 18ian citizenship. 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 18's national animal is the Droid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

BARC Trooper 18 is ranked 168,149^th in the world and 4^th in The Schaheila Coalition for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,625.62 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.