The Grand Duchy of Bapaving is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Tupou I with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.901 billion Bapavingians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vaihitahi. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Bapavingian economy, worth a remarkable 1,882 trillion specks a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 211,537 specks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pre-schoolers who draw stick figures of their favorite celebrities are sued for infringing image rights, feuilletons can only be deciphered with a Galliennais dictionary, one-stop superstores divide and conquer family businesses, and chickens roam the streets freely. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bapaving's national animal is the red-footed tortoise, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the Christian Church of the East.

Bapaving is ranked 2,236^th in the world and 56^th in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 97.9 on the Human Development Index.