The Republic of Bacanas is a large, efficient nation, notable for its digital currency, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 178 million Bacanas are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 22.9%.

The powerhouse Bacana economy, worth 19.0 trillion Bacanas Units a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 106,883 Bacanas Units, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, religious households enthusiastically use whips in private, excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, and the military maintains a fierce arsenal of 'Cure Missiles'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Bacanas's national animal is the Sovereign Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Bacanas is ranked 128,870^th in the world and 133^rd in Union Brazilian for Safest, scoring 71.5 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.