The Republic of Bacanas is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 160 million Bacanas are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 22.5%.

The powerhouse Bacana economy, worth 16.5 trillion Bacanas Units a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 103,186 Bacanas Units, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Courtrooms can be a little sketchy, netizens fiercely argue over who loves Leader more, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, and most ambassadors from Bacanas retire only a few years after being appointed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Bacanas's national animal is the Sovereign Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Bacanas is ranked 32,114^th in the world and 26^th in Union Brazilian for Nicest Citizens, with 19.85 average smiles per day.