The Estado Libre y Soberano of Baroyeca is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Governor Vasco Rodriguez with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 3.156 billion Baroyecans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Posada. The average income tax rate is 22.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Baroyecan economy, worth 177 trillion sols a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 56,102 sols, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Governor Vasco Rodriguez has just been declared ruler of Baroyeca in an international press conference, there's a big brother in every prison, employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, and prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Baroyeca's national animal is the burro, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Baroyeca is ranked 41,411^th in the world and 4^th in Dixie for Nicest Citizens, with 18.34 average smiles per day.