The Republic of Bellville is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its burgeoning tiger population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 2.926 billion Bellvilleans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.6%.

The thriving Bellvillean economy, worth 225 trillion guilders a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 76,966 guilders, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 272,437 per year while the poor average 15,699, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Bellville's national animal is the tiger.

Bellville is ranked 231,504^th in the world and 10,233^rd in Lazarus for Highest Poor Incomes, with 15,699.66 Standard Monetary Units.