The Commonwealth of Barlomia is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister John Howard with an iron fist, and remarkable for its fear of technology, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 9.809 billion Barlomians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Barlo-Manchester. The average income tax rate is 91.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Barlomian economy, worth a remarkable 1,175 trillion Barloes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,882 Barloes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The decision to be oppressed is now made democratically, the army lives rent-free in foreigners' heads and houses, construction workers evacuate work sites after finding sharp rocks on the ground, and nuclear submarines have been deployed to protect the nation's banana supply. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barlomia's national animal is the Bazaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Barlomia is ranked 21,225^th in the world and 15^th in Union of Christian Nations for Most Developed, scoring 86.75 on the Human Development Index.