The Planet of Barbarella is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Black Queen with an iron fist, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, frequent executions, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.225 billion Barbarellianos are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sogo. The average income tax rate is 75.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Barbarellan economy, worth 255 trillion gold coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 114,867 gold coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The judicial branch is strongly influenced by the Communist Party, the nation has gained millions of new citizens overnight, property owners are terrified of pigeons nesting in their buildings, and all beauty contests have been banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barbarella's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Love.

Barbarella is ranked 22,621^st in the world and 540^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 261.43 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.