The Free Bears of Bears Armed is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Chairbear of the High Council with a fair hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, avant-garde cinema, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 30.654 billion Bears hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The minute, outspoken government, or what there is of one, 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 10,326 trillion golden thalers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 336,887 golden thalers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,179,986 per year while the poor average 69,835, a ratio of 16.9 to 1.

Paper and ink publications are subsidised by the government to keep them in the black, comic books avoid plot inconsistencies by removing the plot, sheep-like political loyalists repeat the mantra "one wheel bad, three wheels good", and corporations cut costs by taking away safety-features on their products. 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 28,545^th in the world and 21^st in International Democratic Union for Nudest, with 210.5 Cheeks Per Square Mile.