The Republic of Bacanas is a mid-sized, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 75 million Bacanas are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 18.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Bacana economy, worth 6.70 trillion Bacanas Units a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 89,315 Bacanas Units, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Charity workers dole out hardtack from behind designer sunglasses, the government has enacted freedom of information, the thrash metal version of the national anthem is topping charts, and pillows outnumber picket signs at most workers rallies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Bacanas's national animal is the Sovereign Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Bacanas is ranked 56,864^th in the world and 26^th in Union Brazilian for Highest Poor Incomes, with 50,508.53 Standard Monetary Units.