The Republic of Bau bau land is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its burgeoning dog population. The hard-working population of 1.621 billion Bau bau landians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.2%.

The very strong Bau bau landian economy, worth 89.8 trillion daggers a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 55,407 daggers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 184,414 per year while the poor average 12,404, a ratio of 14.9 to 1.

Citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements. Crime is a problem. Bau bau land's national animal is the dog, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Bau bau land is ranked 112,960^th in the world and 1^st in The bautherhood of bauice for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 88.32 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.