The Empire of Bastanbo is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Justinian Horsak with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 9.287 billion Bastobans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Sable. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bastanboan economy, worth a remarkable 1,284 trillion Poweks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 138,298 Poweks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The disabled are forced to undergo an MRI scan every time they pick up their benefit payments, a vast monorail network carries people all over the country, the monarch frequently needs protecting from misfiring protection, and misbehaving Badgers deemed dangerous to the public are shot and hanged by the town hall as a warning to others. Crime is totally unknown. Bastanbo's national animal is the Badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Northreitu.

Bastanbo is ranked 58,334^th in the world and 3,397^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.16 law-abiding acts per hour.