The Confederation of Basshobia is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Senate of Basshobia with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 5.268 billion Basshobians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Industry, Administration, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chicago. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Basshobian economy, worth 692 trillion US Dollars a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 131,524 US Dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 794,135 per year while the poor average 9,771, a ratio of 81.3 to 1.

Politicians always seem to take two steps forward then three steps back, grumpy old house owners demand that pedestrians get off their footpaths, citizens' new superpowers include immortal cells that can't stop replicating, and billions of US Dollars are being blown on orbital weapons development. Crime is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Basshobia's national animal is the Largemouth Bass, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity - Basshobian Orthodox.

Basshobia is ranked 147,713^th in the world and 17^th in Blue Ridge for Most Developed, scoring 55.75 on the Human Development Index.