The Chaste Cathar State of Vegetarian Basques is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Domingo Lardizabal with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.404 billion Basques are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bilbao. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Basque economy, worth a remarkable 1,267 trillion euskoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 171,130 euskoes, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

Nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths, the nation's teens are known for their habit of kissing through plastic wrap, taking a walk on the wild side is punishable by death, and churches across the land are hurriedly installing auto-tune for their choirs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vegetarian Basques's national animal is the booted eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Catharism.

Vegetarian Basques is ranked 30,621^st in the world and 21^st in Pecan Sandies for Lowest Crime Rates, with 82.34 law-abiding acts per hour.