The Commonwealth of Bow Cand is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 426 million Bow Candians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 79.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Bow Candian economy, worth 13.7 trillion horns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 32,166 horns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All that glitters is Leader's toilet, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, legislators must raise their hands if they want to speak, and a little love goes a long way claim Bow Candian news. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bow Cand's national animal is the cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bow Cand is ranked 17,158^th in the world and 28^th in Karma for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 79.9 Effective Tax Rate.