The Dexterian Republic of Bawkie is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Nursis Noohujahar with an even hand, and notable for its lack of airports, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.472 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 Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mezqurbha Dzifatfatbawqur. The average income tax rate is 99.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Bawkien economy, worth a remarkable 2,270 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 268,018 Bawks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Mezqurbha Dzifatfatbawqur Times is sold out, people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size, treaties are taken to be mere rules of thumb, and five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars. 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 253,248^th in the world and 11,451^st in the South Pacific for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens, with 5.13 Whatever.