The Grand Duchy of Malbaracca is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 306 million Baraccanes enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 45.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Baraccan economy, worth 29.1 trillion racs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 95,139 racs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Hundreds of sailors ride the good ship Leader day after day, Leader is going to the moon, wind farms are erected on shuttered oil platforms, and doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick. Crime is totally unknown. Malbaracca's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Malbaracca is ranked 191,385^th in the world and 2,586^th in The North Pacific for Rudest Citizens, with 42.12 insults per minute.