The Most Serene Republic of Bella Riva is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 416 million Bella Rivans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 80.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Bella Rivan economy, worth 27.6 trillion florins 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, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 66,438 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's democracy attracts huddled masses yearning to breathe free, bad punctuation has come to a full stop, criminals rejoice in the streets as the entire police force is sent away on a training retreat, and youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bella Riva's national animal is the Marzocco, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bella Riva is ranked 18,697^th in the world and 6^th in Arkonos for Safest, scoring 114.49 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.