The Dominion of Bardo is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by The Shepherd with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, free-roaming dinosaurs, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 13.313 billion Bardoans 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sanctum. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Bardoan economy, worth a remarkable 5,252 trillion utopis a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 394,530 utopis, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,348,932 per year while the poor average 84,838, a ratio of 15.9 to 1.

Lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', the nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments, internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens, and balaclava manufacturers are held criminally culpable for bank heists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bardo's national animal is the crystal giant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Second Dawn.

Bardo is ranked 1,843^rd in the world and 1^st in Alvarez for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 13,182.11 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.