The Republic of Bacanas is a mid-sized, efficient nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 94 million Bacanas are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 21.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Bacana economy, worth 8.38 trillion Bacanas Units a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 89,143 Bacanas Units, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens cannot change their light bulbs without approval from an international committee, Jennifer Government is a bestseller, vaccinations are mandatory, and the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Bacanas's national animal is the Sovereign Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Bacanas is ranked 156,387^th in the world and 103^rd in Union Brazilian for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 385.45 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.