The Endless Food Preparations of The Chef of the Bar is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.277 billion Potential Ingredients enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spiceville. The average income tax rate is 8.0%.

The all-consuming Chef of the Barian economy, worth 77.1 trillion Cooked Foods a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is 60,384 Cooked Foods, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Machine-peeled candied grapes come in individual packaging for the busy commuter, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts, and Leader has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw. Crime is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Chef of the Bar's national animal is the Ready to Cook Animals, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Chef of the Bar is ranked 178,233^rd in the world and 3^rd in Magic Restroom in the Bar on the Corner for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.