The Second Federal Union of Balervia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 603 million Tigans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valenport. The average income tax rate is 45.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Tigan economy, worth 45.3 trillion Crowns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 75,100 Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, the state auctions off combat drones to fund war reparations, there's never enough space in space, and prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned significant others. Crime is totally unknown. Balervia's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Balervia is ranked 154,516^th in the world and 81^st in The Western Isles for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 773.88 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.