The Allied States of Babic is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its vat-grown people, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 173 million Babicians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 62.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Babician economy, worth 4.03 trillion Nakkuras a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 23,321 Nakkuras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Babician novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Leader, in musicals everybody's a little bit racist, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, and convicted murderers are free to walk the streets provided they attend rehabilitation classes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Babic's national animal is the Black Widow , which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Babic is ranked 300,732^nd in the world and 162^nd in Refugia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -7.75 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.