The Fiefdom of Barad-Eithel is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 7.918 billion Barad-Eithelians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.0%.

The very strong Barad-Eithelian economy, worth 396 trillion Atiyah Classes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 50,094 Atiyah Classes, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

Only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations, Barad-Eithelian scientists are mixing chewing tobacco with bacon flavouring in an attempt to craft the perfect male snack, proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers, and murderers and thieves claim divine inspiration to avoid prosecution. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate. Barad-Eithel's national animal is the black pudding.

Barad-Eithel is ranked 235,675^th in the world and 178^th in ainulindale for Lowest Crime Rates, with 55.27 law-abiding acts per hour.