The Provisional Fasco Government of Baltican Union is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Zatlers Curnaer with an iron fist, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, pith helmet sales, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 10.945 billion Baltican's are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Industry, and Environment also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Riga. The average income tax rate is 82.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Baltican economy, worth a remarkable 1,209 trillion BaltMarks a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 110,480 BaltMarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Fast-food chefs regularly win Health Innovation Awards for spitting on burgers, the nation's diplomats shake hands with those whose hands are drenched in the blood of innocents, concerned environmentalists wipe away their tears with tissues sourced from Tasmanian old-growth redwoods, and citizens are arrested for naturally producing proteins. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Baltican Union's national animal is the Reindeer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Baltican Union is ranked 13,147^th in the world and 1^st in Alternate History World for Most Efficient Economies, scoring 99.29 on the Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index.