The Hayekist State of Eastern Bahia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Gabas with an iron fist, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, parental licensing program, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 11.311 billion Bahians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Salvador. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Eastern Bahian economy, worth a remarkable 2,678 trillion Novos cruzados roais do rois a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an amazing 236,832 Novos cruzados roais do rois, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,031,298 per year while the poor average 4,713, a ratio of 431 to 1.

Wounded veterans can only get prosthetics if they agree to become walking billboards for the arms industry, sociologists ponder how baby-napped ethnic minority 'runaways' could have gone so bad so soon, personal injury lawyers are demanding compensation from the government after recent reductions in manufacturer liability, and the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Eastern Bahia's national animal is the Bat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Spiritism.

Eastern Bahia is ranked 6,558^th in the world and 108^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 236,832.97 Standard Monetary Units.