The Great Freeport City of Bakerby-on-Tyde is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Mayoress Dame Beatrice Lou Nebulis with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.146 billion Tydesmen enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bakery-on-Tyde. The average income tax rate is 24.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Tydian economy, worth 81.2 trillion Tyde Pods a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Average income is 70,845 Tyde Pods, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians always seem to take two steps forward then three steps back, traditional vegetarians are fuming over the introduction of vat-grown meat to the menu, government agents stalk the aisles of grocery stores for out-of-stock medications, and Tourism facilities are being turned into Star Sapphrined Butterfly habitats. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Bakerby-on-Tyde's national animal is the Star Sapphrined Butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Bakerby-on-Tyde is ranked 94,706^th in the world and 5,199^th in Osiris for Highest Average Incomes, with 70,845.22 Standard Monetary Units.