The Republic of South Baba is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister Alden Ridgeway with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.299 billion South Babans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bocaugh. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient South Baban economy, worth a remarkable 2,881 trillion farthings a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 216,665 farthings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rural South Babans are missing the forest for the numerous cellular towers they replaced, there are increasing complaints that male AI assistants have aggressive voices, children talking about the food chain are routinely arrested, and making up random numbers to name new asteroids is the bulk of astronomers' work. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. South Baba's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

South Baba is ranked 305,272^nd in the world and 4,596^th in The North Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 3.12 Obesity Rate.