The Stratocratic Federation of Bavaristan is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Marhsal George Leighton with an iron fist, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, sprawling nuclear power plants, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.844 billion Bavaristanis are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tiflyang Sector. The average income tax rate is 91.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bavaristanian economy, worth 741 trillion TSB Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 192,786 TSB Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The study of medicine is popular throughout Bavaristan, for some reason the census focuses on daily banana ingestion and hourly quip rate, nobody ever seems to enter or leave the armour-plated flying castle that serves as the seat of government, and children are often punished for the sins of the fathers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bavaristan's national animal is the Tyranid, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cosmic consciousness.

Bavaristan is ranked 15,415^th in the world and 292^nd in the South Pacific for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 24,600.82 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.