The Confederacy of Berbarta is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 19.051 billion Berbartans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 18.0%.

The Berbartan economy, worth 905 trillion catthis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,555 catthis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Same-sex marriages are increasingly common, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, Berbarta's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, and recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Berbarta's national animal is the Berbartian Hawk.

Berbarta is ranked 185,138^th in the world and 66^th in Union of Free Nations for Lowest Crime Rates, with 58 law-abiding acts per hour.