The Beans on Toast of Beans on Toast 8 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions, avowedly heterosexual populace, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 6.967 billion Beans on Toast 8ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 70.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Beans on Toast 8ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,161 trillion Cards a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 166,659 Cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Black tea is only available on the black market, acrimonious legal battles result during divorce proceedings, parents are relieved they no longer need to help with their kids' algebra homework, and the "swords to plowshares" policy has created a generation of farmers that can kill a yak from 200 yards away. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beans on Toast 8's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Beans on Toast 8 is ranked 18,432^nd in the world and 237^th in Memeland United for Most Corrupt Governments, with 106.52 kickbacks per hour.