The Republic of California Bay is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Kurt Cobain with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, smutty television, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.073 billion California Bayians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seattle. The average income tax rate is 91.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient California Bayian economy, worth 427 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 206,138 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission, the contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across California Bay, orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, and the nation faces constant invasions by foreign boy bands. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. California Bay's national animal is the Black Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

California Bay is ranked 264,224^th in the world and 12,340^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -299.41 on the Hayek Index.