The Commonwealth of Bassoe is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Lord Samuel with an even hand, and renowned for its vat-grown people, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cheerful population of 24.71 billion Bassoeans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of hanoverania. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Bassoean economy, worth a remarkable 6,852 trillion gold standards a year, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 277,314 gold standards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Bassoean Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances, medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters, the government spends millions of gold standards every year prosecuting spammers, and voodoo economists believe that feeding criminals to volcanoes will bring untold riches to Bassoe. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bassoe's national animal is the dog, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Bassoe is ranked 1,074^th in the world and 48^th in Balder for Most Secular, with 99.14 Atheism Rate.