The Republic of Addison Barger is a very large, pleasant nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ritual sacrifices, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed population of 363 million Addison Bargerians 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 Healthcare, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 36.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Addison Bargerian economy, worth 16.5 trillion hits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,336 hits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Any secret that gets off someone's chest is promptly replaced, back-alley circumcision clinics are popping up all over the nation, politicians constantly ring their voters to remind them how good a job they're doing, and singles on the dating scene no longer worry about looking their age. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Addison Barger's national animal is the baseball, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Addison Barger is ranked 287,195^th in the world and 13,629^th in Balder for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -35 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.