The Free Bears of Bears Armed is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by ChairBear of the High Council with a fair hand, and remarkable for its lack of airports, smutty television, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 42.754 billion Bears hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Council Groves. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Urrsish economy, worth an astonishing 16,295 trillion golden thalers a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 381,139 golden thalers, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

Nobody wants to know how the sausage is made, ChairBear of the High Council's new door-knocking campaign has the sweet taste of success, tourism is a euphemism for committing crime in international waters, and today's secret ingredients are blood, sweat, and tears. Crime is totally unknown. Bears Armed's national animal is the goldilocks, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is One Plus Seven.

Bears Armed is ranked 1,414^th in the world and 1^st in International Democratic Union for Highest Average Incomes, with 381,139.79 Standard Monetary Units.