The Republic of Bartolomeou is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its burgeoning deer population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 4.12 billion Bartolomeouans enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.0%.

The thriving Bartolomeouan economy, worth 282 trillion districtas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 68,651 districtas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 228,497 per year while the poor average 15,369, a ratio of 14.9 to 1.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Bartolomeou's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Bartolomeou is ranked 105,159^th in the world and 1^st in The Republic of South Africa for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 83.07 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.