The Republic of Coolest Man Babs is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 213 million Coolest Man Babsians 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 relatively small government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 9.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Coolest Man Babsian economy, worth 13.7 trillion Bab Coin 2s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 64,294 Bab Coin 2s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and many friends and relatives of Leader have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Coolest Man Babs's national animal is the Bab, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Coolest Man Babs is ranked 110,505^th in the world and 5^th in Dawn for Most Patriotic, with 14.1 flags saluted per person per day.