The Autonomous Region of Bardula is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Governor Morokov Alsiliyev with a fair hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, parental licensing program, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.405 billion Bardulans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Androszag. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Bardulan economy, worth 99.1 trillion Bardulan Rubles 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 major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 29,114 Bardulan Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Internal strife within the Red Bloc crumbles in the face of fiery rhetoric, no one gossips with Governor Morokov Alsiliyev during diplomatic summits, the comic book series 'Governor Morokov Alsiliyev and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller, and the nation's police officers are famously miserable-looking. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bardula's national animal is the Kostrumavo Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Traditional Slavic Orthodox.

Bardula is ranked 92,463^rd in the world and 9^th in Furballland for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,012.5 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.