The Defender of Liberty of Barry Goldwater is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Barry Goldwater with a fair hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, complete lack of public education, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 5.457 billion Barry Goldwaterians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.1%.

The powerhouse Barry Goldwaterian economy, worth 532 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 97,498 Dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 623,578 per year while the poor average 6,241, a ratio of 99.9 to 1.

Bounty hunters have been dispatched to hunt down rogue bounty hunters, streaming video is considered to be a myth by most citizens, cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them, and university graduates and new home-owners toil in labour camps to work off their debts. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Barry Goldwater's national animal is the Cow Bat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Barry Goldwater is ranked 138,567^th in the world and 18^th in Libertatem for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 998.6 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.