The Proletarian Dictatorship of Baskar is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Communal Directorate of Workers with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 9.788 billion Baskarians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Proletariaatri. The average income tax rate is 99.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Baskariany economy, worth a remarkable 2,511 trillion Sklis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 256,634 Sklis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Representatives soak in mineral pools at the new capitol building day spa, wars are forgotten but not forgiven, emergency responders spend more time in the air than giving air, and the black market offers sweet deals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Baskar's national animal is the Whale, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Constitutional Atheism of State.

Baskar is ranked 258,115^th in the world and 296^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.4 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.