The Empire of Belos is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, state-planned economy, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, cynical population of 19.562 billion Belosians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Belos Prime. The average income tax rate is 35.0%.

The strong Belosian economy, worth a remarkable 1,133 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Average income is 57,962 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, Leader has just been declared ruler of Belos in an international press conference, and public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Belos's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Belos is ranked 162,547^th in the world and 35^th in The Local Cluster for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,227.32 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.