The Allied States of Babic is a large, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and labour-free parental leave. The compassionate, democratic population of 179 million Babicians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 62.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Babician economy, worth 4.21 trillion Nakkuras a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 23,539 Nakkuras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government puts forth the claim that harming young girls is wrong, the breathalyser pledge is a traditional part of marriages in Babic, the armed forces pride themselves on being conventional and predictable, and anyone who so much as frowns risks being referred to a mental health unit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Babic's national animal is the Black Widow , which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Babic is ranked 36,325^th in the world and 33^rd in Refugia for Highest Drug Use, scoring 320.22 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.