The Greater Karyun Confederation of Barks Nivvlla is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by President Kalyamari Argonica with an iron fist, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, flagrant waste-dumping, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 5.125 billion Barks are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Industry, Administration, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Waffles. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Barks economy, worth a remarkable 1,742 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 340,049 Credits, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

Criminals rejoice in the streets as the entire police force is sent away on a training retreat, the highest sporting award is the Grail of Tears, every computer glitch triggers an immediate counter-espionage response, and reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barks Nivvlla's national animal is the Snow Tunneling Whipping Spider, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Wafflism.

Barks Nivvlla is ranked 307,407^th in the world and 11,816^th in Lazarus for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -9.49 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.