The Republic of Blackstone River Valley NHP is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, pith helmet sales, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.61 billion Blackstone River Valley NHPians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 79.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Blackstone River Valley NHPian economy, worth 314 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 120,667 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Legal contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on, a shipwreck is everyone's fault but the captain's, citizen radio operators agree that the certification test can open up a world of hertz, and electricians spend more time in school than doctors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blackstone River Valley NHP's national animal is the NPS, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Blackstone River Valley NHP is ranked 61,834^th in the world and 1,467^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Patriotic, with 22.76 flags saluted per person per day.