The Mod Puppet of Baral Maste is a massive, pleasant nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.489 billion Mastath have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 28.0%.

The Barlea economy, worth 168 trillion otos a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 37,441 otos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, and Baral Maste recently decided against having a capital city. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Baral Maste's national animal is the dove.

Baral Maste is ranked 175,045^th in the world and 3,616^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Primitive, scoring -62.05 on the Scary Big Number Scale.