The Idea of Being With You is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.395 billion Little Lives live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.3%.

The strong Being With Youan economy, worth 80.0 trillion guilders a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Retail, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 57,335 guilders, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 381,830 per year while the poor average 3,276, a ratio of 116 to 1.

One can walk from one side of Being With You City to the other without setting foot on Being With Youan soil, vats of anabolic steroids are being dumped into the ocean to make Being With Youan mussels the biggest in Arrakis, racial and religious segregation has become rife as the various groups are loath to mingle, and strange men lingering in offices distributing television sets is a basis for a system of government. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Being With You's national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Being With You is ranked 262,182^nd in the world and 13^th in Arrakis for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -7.75 on the Clooney Contribution Index.