The Protectorate of Bargrinn is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, triple-decker prams, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 6.75 billion Bargrinnians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government is primarily concerned with Administration, with Law & Order, Education, and Industry also on the agenda, while International Aid and Social Policy are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The very strong Bargrinnian economy, worth 345 trillion yen a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 51,233 yen, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 147,527 per year while the poor average 14,132, a ratio of 10.4 to 1.

Economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year, coat closets are being re-branded as bedrooms, foreign leaders who don't applaud Leader's speeches are regarded as enemies of Bargrinn, and engineers are reinventing the wheel. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Bargrinn's national animal is the kangaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bargrinn is ranked 241,611^th in the world and 1,070^th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Primitive, scoring -129.71 on the Scary Big Number Scale.