The Empire of Barbasinka is a huge, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avowedly heterosexual populace, and compulsory military service. The compassionate population of 274 million Barbasinkans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 28.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Barbasinkan economy, worth 14.9 trillion Barbasses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,372 Barbasses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Business is adjusting to new gender equality policies in the workplace, the Department of Reduction of Bureaucratic Red Tape has set up a working committee to investigate its own excessive paperwork, third world countries are rich in "I Love Barbasinka City" t-shirts, and embarrassed police officers wear spandex and carry net guns. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Barbasinka's national animal is the Babayaga, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Barbasinka is ranked 57,731^st in the world and 77^th in Karma for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 537.15 on the Clooney Contribution Index.