The Republic of BayofBiscay-1 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, strictly enforced bedtime, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 21.067 billion BayofBiscay-1ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 58.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient BayofBiscay-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,898 trillion nas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 90,123 nas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

A Bay of Biscay Tourist Association survey has rated BayofBiscay-1 #1 for number twos, parents often leave their kids in the car while they attend mindfulness meditation sessions, paper and ink publications are subsidised by the government to keep them in the black, and diplomatic fallout tends to be much more dangerous than radioactive fallout. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BayofBiscay-1's national animal is the na, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

BayofBiscay-1 is ranked 62,954^th in the world and 1^st in Bay of Biscay for Lowest Crime Rates, with 71.21 law-abiding acts per hour.