The Baseball Spur of Big Inning IA is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Gideon Clarke with a fair hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, absence of drug laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 7.285 billion Big Inning IAians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Baseball Spur. The average income tax rate is 10.9%.

The Big Inning IAian economy, worth 444 trillion runs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 61,062 runs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

The Church of Baseball has been named as Big Inning IA's national religion, a third of Big Inning IAians are e-certified CEOs, the wheel has been patented by at least a hundred people, and 'Totally Not Partisan News' is a line item on the government budget. Crime is relatively low. Big Inning IA's national animal is the angel and its national religion is The Church of Baseball.

Big Inning IA is ranked 10,212^th in the world and 8^th in Minor League Farm System for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 5,914.23 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.