The Dictatorship of Bingustan Empire is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 288 million Bingustanians 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sphynxopolis. The average income tax rate is 42.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Bingustanian economy, worth 16.3 trillion Bingustanian Rubles a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,535 Bingustanian Rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Students who do not recite the national anthem each morning have to drop and give their teacher 50, the term cold case has taken on a very literal meaning, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, and deceased politicians' MyFace profiles are unanimously pro-incumbent. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bingustan Empire's national animal is the Bingus-cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bingustan Empire is ranked 122,859^th in the world and 620^th in Europe for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,427.38 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.