The Grand Duchy of Bapaving is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Tupou I with a fair hand, and remarkable for its conspicuous electricity pylons, lack of airports, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.858 billion Bapavingians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vaihitahi. The average income tax rate is 97.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Bapavingian economy, worth a remarkable 1,865 trillion specks a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 210,606 specks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government's giant servers are often used as a tourist trap, a child's only Trickster Night scare is the sight of their parents dancing, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, and the Bapavingian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bapaving's national animal is the red-footed tortoise, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the Christian Church of the East.

Bapaving is ranked 80,875^th in the world and 1,060^th in the South Pacific for Highest Drug Use, scoring 215.02 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.