The Department of Pyrenees-Atlantiques is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 16.233 billion Bas-Pyrénéens are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pau. The average income tax rate is 25.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Bas-Pyrénéen economy, worth 961 trillion francs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 59,241 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's leading climatologists are investigating animal flatulence in efforts to reduce methane emissions, childish pranks are no laughing matter, bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls, and feuilletons can only be deciphered with a Galliennais dictionary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pyrenees-Atlantiques's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Pyrenees-Atlantiques is ranked 266,887^th in the world and 64^th in Department Store for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.42 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.