The Snarky Solar Observer of Bhang Bhang Duc is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Salvor Hardin with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 35.382 billion Lovecraftians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Administration, and Environment also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Four Ecks. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Bhang Bhang Ducian economy, worth a remarkable 5,247 trillion Zevons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 148,311 Zevons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's black ops are starting to get on people's nerves, families burn Salvor Hardin's latest official photograph to keep warm, Slark is one of the most popular forenames in Bhang Bhang Duc, and large-girthed charity workers assign themselves healthy wages for their work with starving children. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bhang Bhang Duc's national animal is the Slark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Drinking Brains SA.

Bhang Bhang Duc is ranked 1,610^th in the world and 24^th in the West Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 3,767.42 pounds of wildlife per square mile.