The Commonwealth of Baqar is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 2.801 billion Baqari are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Madau. The average income tax rate is 72.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Baqari economy, worth 144 trillion Dams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is 51,632 Dams, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, the nation is experiencing a severe shortage of sporting events, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, and all mothers are allowed six months fully-paid maternity leave. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Baqar's national animal is the Commonwealth Flower, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Caoism.

Baqar is ranked 302,532^nd in the world and 148^th in The Western Isles for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring -12.8 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.