The Principality of Belgard is a massive, safe nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 2.04 billion Belgardians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry, Public Transport, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Białogard. The average income tax rate is 14.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Belgardian economy, worth 91.9 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, Tourism, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 45,050 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, the cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose, birth rates have hit an all-time low, and Belgard has designated Białogard as its capital city. Crime is well under control. Belgard's national animal is the griffon.

Belgard is ranked 206,967^th in the world and 5,149^th in Suspicious for Highest Food Quality, scoring 11.42 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.