The NationStates ~~TYPE~~ of A Badly Conceived Designation is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by ~~LEADER~~ with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 18.456 billion ~~DEMONYMNOUNPLURAL~~ 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ~~CAPITAL~~. The average income tax rate is 23.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient ~~DEMONYMADJECTIVE~~ economy, worth a remarkable 3,376 trillion ~~CURRENCY~~s 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. 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 182,923 ~~CURRENCY~~s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, some voters are required to show a minimum of four forms of identification, the nation's wilderness is only teenage wasteland, and the explosive fireball of the disintegrating space shuttle has devastated Cape A Badly Conceived Designation. Crime is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. A Badly Conceived Designation's national animal is the ~~ANIMAL~~, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is ~~FAITH~~.

A Badly Conceived Designation is ranked 206,709^th in the world and 26^th in Testregionia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -2.59 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.