From the introduction: Welcome to Bablovia, a crazy little plane in the far reaches of the Un-iverse. Also known as the „mad scientist“ plane, Bablovia values science above all. The oldest known document on Bablovia is the Carta Scientia, the Science Charter. It's most important quote reads: „We cannot understand anything until we first understand the world around us.“. This idea is crucial to the Bablovian mindset and gave rise to the idea that every science should be able to form its own government. The goal was to encourage people to appreciate science as a means to see the world and have a government based on the basic sciences like biology, chemistry, physics and so on. The people who wrote the Carta Scientia (and most of the Bablovian population in general) however did not understand basic human nature. Instead of creating a government based on basic science, the plane is now ruled by five bonzo governments, each one crazier than the other and all embracing their own brand of mad science as if it were a virtue.