The Commonwealth of Bastilom is a huge, safe nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, ubiquitous missile silos, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 500 million Bastilomians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sneedsburg. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.6%.

The all-consuming Bastilomian economy, worth 51.1 trillion Bastilomian shillings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 102,193 Bastilomian shillings, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 464,034 per year while the poor average 13,784, a ratio of 33.7 to 1.

The dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market, public incontinence is a growing problem amongst the nation's women, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, and colonial subjects have Bastilomian culture shoved down their throats. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bastilom's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bastilom is ranked 282,840^th in the world and 15^th in New Lacia for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 8.58 Effective Tax Rate.