The United States of Barrelland is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Brarel Mekr with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, digital currency, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.964 billion Barrellandians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Storage. The average income tax rate is 51.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Barrellandian economy, worth 142 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 72,503 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers, governments opposing Barrelland are beset by rebels, the Department of Health is snowed under by requests for crisper ciabatta and tenderer tagliatelle, and bureaucrats close new businesses for not complying with the Penguin Packaging Index. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barrelland's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Barrelism.

Barrelland is ranked 31,961^st in the world and 24^th in Sky Haven for Highest Poor Incomes, with 58,596.36 Standard Monetary Units.