The Incorporated States of Balbo Baggins is a gargantuan, pleasant nation, remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working, democratic population of 14.224 billion Balbo Bagginsians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The large, moralistic, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hobbiton. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.2%.

The strong Balbo Bagginsian economy, worth 496 trillion tea kettles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 34,934 tea kettles, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

Balbo Baggins has designated Hobbiton as its capital city. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Balbo Baggins's national animal is the hobbit.

Balbo Baggins is ranked 257,468^th in the world and 2^nd in Hobbiton for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.73 kickbacks per hour.