The Federal Republic of Barbaro is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, ban on automobiles, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.471 billion Barbaroans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 45.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Barbaroan economy, worth 97.2 trillion Barians a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,107 Barians, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, signs saying "No Poor People or Weirdoes" are common outside shops and cafés, the airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines, and parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barbaro's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Barbaro is ranked 209,700^th in the world and 1,062^nd in Europe for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.