The Federal Republic of Belius is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Ferro Pugni with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 4.729 billion Belusians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Irena. The average income tax rate is 87.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Belusian economy, worth 551 trillion bels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 116,718 bels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, children's TV shows are having a gay old time, getting milk from the local corner store no longer requires donning advanced hiking gear, and cheese lovers have a case of the bleus. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Belius's national animal is the crested pelican, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Belius is ranked 15,035^th in the world and 201^st in Europe for Lowest Crime Rates, with 94.28 law-abiding acts per hour.