The Republic of Barabolia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Taras Bulba with a fair hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.41 billion Barabolians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Petrushka. The average income tax rate is 57.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Barabolian economy, worth 99.2 trillion doggers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is 70,319 doggers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The new iVote app allows representatives to vote on legislation by launching ill-tempered birds and matching candies, tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects, drugs containing the compound "oleum de serpens" are being sold to cancer patients, and hipster cyclists declare that "metal is dead". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barabolia's national animal is the giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Smetanism.

Barabolia is ranked 77,266^th in the world and 1,903^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 982 billion Standard Monetary Units.