The Enlightened Republic of Bad Omen is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Coco Jambo with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, infamous sell-swords, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 44.82 billion Bad Omenians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Social Policy also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Azweiz. The average income tax rate is 78.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bad Omenian economy, worth a remarkable 4,921 trillion escudoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is an impressive 109,795 escudoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, Coco Jambo is quite hard to get a hold of, schoolchildren learn basic numeracy by counting off their push-ups, and frat-house partying has become the national pastime. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Bad Omen's national animal is the Snow Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Bad Omen is ranked 270,554^th in the world and 609^th in Europe for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 24,155.09 Standard Monetary Units.