The Federal Republic of Besmenien is a titanic, efficient nation, notable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 14.839 billion Besmenians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Laitstadt. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Besmenienian economy, worth a remarkable 1,256 trillion Schillings a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 84,652 Schillings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Warfare increasingly resembles a video game, a flying elephant and Leader share the same nickname, defense lawyers suggestively note to juries how flagrantly happy victims were, and clergy who start talking about politics are forced to take a holy vow of silence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Besmenien's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Besmenien is ranked 60,524^th in the world and 517^th in the West Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 75.4 law-abiding acts per hour.