The Commonwealth of Barboneia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister Ernesti Penttinen with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, otherworldly petting zoo, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 26.047 billion Barboneians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pääkaupunki. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Barboneian economy, worth a remarkable 9,315 trillion Barboneian Dollaris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 357,642 Barboneian Dollaris, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vote-counting is replacing kitchen patrol as the least glamorous army work, graffiti is done with immaculate multi-layer shading, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and folk are absolutely certain that you can never be absolutely certain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barboneia's national animal is the walrus, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Barboneia is ranked 11,707^th in the world and 4^th in Valkia for Largest Populations, with 26.0 billion capita.