The Dexterian Republic of Bawkie is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Qanhor Maamaraseq with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, anti-smoking policies, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, cheerful population of 10.708 billion Bawkiens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mezqurbha Dzifatfatbawqur. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Bawkien economy, worth a remarkable 3,282 trillion Bawks a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 306,500 Bawks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Directors of low-budget sci-fi films are flocking to use Mezqurbha Dzifatfatbawqur as a backdrop, voting for pro-Bigtopian candidates is voluntary, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, and every school is receiving a brand new eraser. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bawkie's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Dexterism.

Bawkie is ranked 304,689^th in the world and 10,578^th in the South Pacific for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 13.44 on the Bus Surprisal Index.