The Snarky Solar Observer of Bhang Bhang Duc is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Salvor Hardin with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, conspicuous electricity pylons, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, humorless population of 39.641 billion Lovecraftians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous, corrupt government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Administration, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Four Ecks. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Bhang Bhang Ducian economy, worth a remarkable 7,044 trillion Zevons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 177,707 Zevons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One does not simply walk into the tundra, the most commonly-worn shoes are concrete ones, the government's giant servers are often used as a tourist trap, and vitriolic divorce proceedings have become prime-time television. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bhang Bhang Duc's national animal is the Slark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Drinking Brains SA.

Bhang Bhang Duc is ranked 19,253^rd in the world and 367^th in the West Pacific for Safest, scoring 114.36 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.