The Principality of BCC 57 is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, cynical population of 236 million BCC 57ians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.3%.

The very strong BCC 57ian economy, worth 12.7 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Cheese Exports, and Trout Farming. Average income is 53,622 francs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 231,443 per year while the poor average 7,914, a ratio of 29.2 to 1.

Harry Potter books are banned, citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and most academic research has ground to a halt. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. BCC 57's national animal is the cobra, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

BCC 57 is ranked 242,422^nd in the world and 7,013^th in Suspicious for Lowest Crime Rates, with 54.07 law-abiding acts per hour.