The Shtâto of Bagojo is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by sc Yaidin DAINI with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 8.637 billion Bagojânoi are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bagojo Urbo. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Bagôja economy, worth a remarkable 2,383 trillion Bagojâno dolâroes a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Furniture Restoration, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an amazing 275,935 Bagojâno dolâroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', children who display even minimal sporting aptitude are immediately assigned a personal trainer, Calvinball players are lost for days as they wander the vast halls of their new academies, and foreign leaders are advising that sc Yaidin DAINI's letters must have gotten lost in the mail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bagojo's national animal is the âglo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is shtâtismo.

Bagojo is ranked 1,342^nd in the world and 67^th in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 4,469.57 pounds of wildlife per square mile.