The Indipendent State of Barakoania is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by leader Barako with an iron fist, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 11.186 billion Barakoanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.5%.

The strong Barakoanian economy, worth 673 trillion Jumas a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 60,230 Jumas, with the richest citizens earning 9.2 times as much as the poorest.

No one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed, robosexual marriages are increasingly common, foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security, and religion is strictly forbidden within school grounds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barakoania's national animal is the African wild dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Sun Worship.

Barakoania is ranked 38,612^th in the world and 1^st in Jumanji for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,321.77 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.