The People's Republic of Barsedia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Mark Insougent with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, prohibition of alcohol, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 1.768 billion Barsedians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luxsouri. The average income tax rate is 36.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Barsedian economy, worth 94.0 trillion Faths a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,164 Faths, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Getting an autograph has become harder than ever, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, Polaskortey has been named as Barsedia's national religion, and failed genetic experiments wreak havoc as they roam the countryside. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barsedia's national animal is the Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Polaskortey.

Barsedia is ranked 65,195^th in the world and 2,998^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 96.72 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.