The Democratic Republic of Baxingtull is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, feral children, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 876 million Baxingtullians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 66.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Baxingtullian economy, worth 138 trillion Eggs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 157,662 Eggs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Children raised in multi-faith households claim the other deity would let them stay up later, corporate executives continue to enjoy generous tax benefits while the public is taxed to the hilt, parents are shocked to find out that having kids costs money, and one does not simply walk into the tundra. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Baxingtull's national animal is the Porpoise Chicken Dinosaur Creature, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Baxingtull is ranked 20,711^th in the world and 501^st in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 274.88 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.