The Data Obsession of Not The BLS is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Skijump Bells with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 13.875 billion Not The BLSians 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Administration, although Industry, Law & Order, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Welfare isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washington CD. The average income tax rate is 89.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Not The BLSian economy, worth a remarkable 2,353 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 169,626 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The debts of the father fall upon the son, politicians ponder for at least a minute when asked if they would like sugar in their tea, giant beards and handlebar moustaches are increasingly popular, and report cards now include a 'Pain Tolerance' grading column. Crime is a major problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Not The BLS's national animal is the bald eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is The Order of Violet.

Not The BLS is ranked 271,503^rd in the world and 4^th in Department of Labor for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 26.03 on the Bus Surprisal Index.