The Confederacy of Bartanland is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The President with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.232 billion Bartons hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

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 Berghein. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bartonese economy, worth 820 trillion Kroner a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 131,681 Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor, news headlines suggest that The President has a sideline in guinea pig pimping, party-lovers often change religions just for the weekend, and wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps. Crime is totally unknown. Bartanland's national animal is the Koala, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The divine power of the Interest Rate.

Bartanland is ranked 136,705^th in the world and 5,384^th in Osiris for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 38,055.95 Standard Monetary Units.