The Rogue Nation of Bak is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and exploding hoverboards. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 773 million Bakians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tar Valon. The average income tax rate is 31.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bakian economy, worth 83.6 trillion Naols a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 108,189 Naols, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, all recreational drugs are legal, and playing an online nation simulation game legally obliges you to buy the creator's latest novel. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Bak's national animal is the Mudskipper, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bak is ranked 136,219^th in the world and 12^th in The Powers that Be for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,081.93 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.