The Stratocracy of Bavaristan is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by REDACTED with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.582 billion Bavaristanis are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tiflyang Sector. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bavaristanian economy, worth 667 trillion B Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 186,307 B Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Grinning punters say that casino roulette is the greatest high that life has to offer, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, the nation gives peace a chance - usually one in a million, and children crying over dropped ice creams are offered high doses of experimental antidepressants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bavaristan's national animal is the Kodiak bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cosmic consciousness.

Bavaristan is ranked 11,960^th in the world and 339^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 9,891.34 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.