The Republic of Basiliania is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Basilianian Government with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 10.866 billion Basilianians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aequalitas. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Basilianian economy, worth a remarkable 2,010 trillion Basilianums a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 184,981 Basilianums, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bus ads propagandize causes ranging from sexual revolution to religious pogroms, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, conversion therapy coupons are a popular present for coming of age ceremonies, and things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Basiliania's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Basiliania is ranked 153,036^th in the world and 87^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Largest Black Market, with 122 billion Standard Monetary Units.