The Devolved Unitary Republic of Bastile is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Victoire Duplarier with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.168 billion Bastileans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lutecia. The average income tax rate is 63.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bastilean economy, worth 138 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 118,459 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The government officially wants you to slow down and speak more clearly, cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them, the government is funding experimental battery technology while the power grid continues to crumble, and roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews. Crime is totally unknown. Bastile's national animal is the Gallic Sparrow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Bastile is ranked 246,058^th in the world and 1,260^th in Europe for Most Secular, with 11.8 Atheism Rate.