The Hayekist State of Eastern Bahia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Gabas with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, complete lack of prisons, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 11.595 billion Bahians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Salvador. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Eastern Bahian economy, worth a remarkable 2,721 trillion Novos cruzados roais do rois a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 234,712 Novos cruzados roais do rois, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,125,017 per year while the poor average 3,072, a ratio of 691 to 1.

Exploding toys that leak battery acid are back in the shops after the government declared child safety 'over-rated', children regularly take part in blood sports that result in extreme boo-boos, legitimate job descriptions now include "smiling and waving", and scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Eastern Bahia's national animal is the Bat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Spiritism.

Eastern Bahia is ranked 23,697^th in the world and 471^st in the South Pacific for Largest Governments, scoring 29.05 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.