The Grand Duchy of Bapaving is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Tupou I with a fair hand, and remarkable for its lack of airports, conspicuous electricity pylons, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.727 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, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vaihitahi. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Bapavingian economy, worth a remarkable 1,792 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 205,414 specks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, babies are a small but significant export, leisure is a crime in ski towns, and the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies. 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 10,451^st in the world and 149^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 205,414.74 Standard Monetary Units.