The Dictatorship of Bedetopian Capture Team 5 is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical population of 16.831 billion Blue Soldiers are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 74.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Bedetopian economy, worth 112 trillion βedollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 6,701 βedollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elections have been outlawed, organ donation is compulsory, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bedetopian Capture Team 5's national animal is the Tentacled Lion of Venus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bedetopian Capture Team 5 is ranked 107,755^th in the world and 1^st in The Great Dictatorships for Most Primitive, scoring -24.49 on the Scary Big Number Scale.