The Empire of Barbasinka is a huge, genial nation, notable for its fear of technology, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 279 million Barbasinkans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 33.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Barbasinkan economy, worth 14.3 trillion Barbasses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,225 Barbasses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Business is adjusting to new gender equality policies in the workplace, the Department of Reduction of Bureaucratic Red Tape has set up a working committee to investigate its own excessive paperwork, third world countries are rich in "I Love Barbasinka City" t-shirts, and embarrassed police officers wear spandex and carry net guns. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barbasinka's national animal is the Babayaga, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Barbasinka is ranked 241,426^th in the world and 168^th in Karma for Largest Populations, with 279 million capita.