The Federated Egoist Unions of Bazkovia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by The Highest Egoist Council with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 2.168 billion Bazkovians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Knurov. The average income tax rate is 55.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bazkovian economy, worth 246 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 113,913 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Whole-wheat loaves can only be ordered on the dark web, witnesses have to run a gauntlet of mob enforcers to testify at trials, military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames, and parents often leave their kids in the car while they attend mindfulness meditation sessions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Bazkovia's national animal is the hedgehog, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Ego.

Bazkovia is ranked 62,443^rd in the world and 22^nd in Cape of Good Hope for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,717.95 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.