The Republic of Big Wave Bay is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, enslaved workforce, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.706 billion Big Wave Bayians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.9%.

The all-consuming Big Wave Bayian economy, worth 235 trillion HKDS a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,965 HKDS, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 271,870 per year while the poor average 21,344, a ratio of 12.7 to 1.

Commemoration of the Great Balder War costs almost as much as the war itself, the mentally ill are given high powered automatic weapons for "catharsis therapy", seasonal hay-fever sufferers are attending government drug counselling sessions to get free doughnuts, and army rations are served on silver platters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Big Wave Bay's national animal is the Panda, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Big Wave Bay is ranked 189,088^th in the world and 7,565^th in Balder for Safest, scoring 51.6 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.