The Dexterian Republic of Bawkie is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Sasna Daisaharim with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cheerful population of 13.29 billion Bawkiens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mezqurbha Dzifatfatbawqur. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Bawkien economy, worth a remarkable 4,533 trillion Bawks a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 341,130 Bawks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Residents of new housing subdivisions complain about the total absence of supermarkets and restaurants, foreign nations kill migratory animals at random in the hope that Bawkie will pay them to stop, the national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall, and Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bawkie's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Dexterism.

Bawkie is ranked 72^nd in the world and 1^st in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 298.36 law-abiding acts per hour.