The Republic of Basque-Aqualine is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its national health service, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 375 million Basque-Aqualineans 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 enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pottaskqe. The average income tax rate is 68.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Basque-Aqualinean economy, worth 11.7 trillion Barsqes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,072 Barsqes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Basque-Aqualine has designated Pottaskqe as its capital city, coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list, school lockers are filled with fancy underwear, and giggling elementary school newspaper reporters want to know why Leader is a silly poophead. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Basque-Aqualine's national animal is the Pottoka, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Basque-Aqualine is ranked 11,225^th in the world and 41^st in Wintreath for Least Corrupt Governments, with 94.31 percentage of bribes refused.