The Republic of Addison Barger is a very large, pleasant nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, public floggings, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, devout population of 363 million Addison Bargerians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 36.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Addison Bargerian economy, worth 16.3 trillion hits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,803 hits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Calling dibs is an unalienable right, ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, orthopaedics patients often have a bounce in their step, and shelters struggle to keep up with the endless intake of stray animals. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Addison Barger's national animal is the baseball, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Addison Barger is ranked 287,201^st in the world and 13,638^th in Balder for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -35 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.