The Constitutional Monarchy of Basedment is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 124 million Basedmentians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 28.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Basedmentian economy, worth 9.66 trillion Bases a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is 77,915 Bases, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Nations that kill a Basedmentian can expect a strongly worded letter, drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, women who can do math in their head are burned for witchcraft, and politicians stage photo ops featuring barely functional fighter jets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Basedment's national animal is the turtle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Basedment is ranked 222,319^th in the world and 92^nd in Union of Christian Nations for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.01 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.