The Republic of Bacanas is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 227 million Bacanas are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 22.6%.

The powerhouse Bacana economy, worth 25.5 trillion Bacanas Units a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 112,385 Bacanas Units, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

History lessons resemble a who's-who and how's-how of crime, the government endows universities based on clearly demonstrated greed, Sovereign Penguins with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped, and clairvoyants and soothsayers find fellowship at their local McRonalds. Crime is totally unknown. Bacanas's national animal is the Sovereign Penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Bacanas is ranked 284,442^nd in the world and 199^th in Union Brazilian for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 24.82 on the Bus Surprisal Index.