The National Republic of Bowmanium Commonwealth is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Ad Lankuz with an even hand, and renowned for its digital currency, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 16.447 billion Bowmanians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dodargona. The average income tax rate is 73.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bowmanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,748 trillion Vistas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 106,302 Vistas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens recently voted in favour of declaring bubblewrap an 'abomination of nature', foreigners can tell the popularity of Bowmanian landmarks by the size of their ash dunes, anti-environmentalist dissidents must beware of government plants in their midst, and all animals are equal but some are more equal than others. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bowmanium Commonwealth's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Bowmanium Commonwealth is ranked 115,684^th in the world and 2^nd in Northern Hemispheric Entente for Safest, scoring 77.39 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.