The Republic of Baumes is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Antonio Gaurin with a fair hand, and notable for its frequent executions, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.559 billion Baumish enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roquez. The average income tax rate is 56.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Baumish economy, worth 381 trillion Pallamas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,625 Pallamas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Antonio Gaurin has just been declared ruler of Baumes in an international press conference, bins outnumber trees in city parks, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, and Sabatism has been named as Baumes's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Baumes's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Sabatism.

Baumes is ranked 268,000^th in the world and 115^th in The Western Isles for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.48 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.