The Barlyy of Barlyy is a titanic, cultured nation, notable for its frequent executions, ban on automobiles, and public floggings. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 13.608 billion Barlyyians 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Barlyyan economy, worth a remarkable 5,027 trillion barlyies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 369,486 barlyies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

10-year-olds who struggle with integrating by parts are considered slow learners, religious citizens are closely monitored for signs of self-harm, residential tower blocks are surrounded by warrens of concrete tunnels, and the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barlyy's national animal is the barlyy, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Barlyy is ranked 271,342^nd in the world and 2^nd in Barlyy for Rudest Citizens, with 19.82 insults per minute.