The Republic of Bai Lung is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Gong Chūrù with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, deadly medical pandemics, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 39.732 billion Bai Lungeses 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 tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pyongjing. The average income tax rate is 1.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Bai Lungian economy, worth an astonishing 17,751 trillion Bai Lungese Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 446,789 Bai Lungese Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Mining is the nation's most dangerous occupation, in a fit of passion Gong Chūrù has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, rumours have it that a secret police is responsible for the recent spate of missing persons, and phone taps are frequently carried out by the police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Bai Lung's national animal is the Tiger Pig and Man, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bai Lung is ranked 32,342^nd in the world and 487^th in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 5,986.15 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.