The Free Land of Barevane is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Grand Poobah with an even hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, hatred of cheese, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 16.581 billion Baneites enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The powerhouse Barevanean economy, worth a remarkable 2,351 trillion Decmas a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 141,807 Decmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework, citizens are strongly encouraged to breathe less so as to limit the carbon footprint, traumatised refugees have a full bedpan shoved into their hands along with their immigration papers, and if a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it... Barevanean satellites can detect it. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barevane's national animal is the Kalambit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Barevane is ranked 240,998^th in the world and 4^th in Anticapitalist Alliance for Largest Retail Industry, scoring -30.35 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.