The Free Bears of Bears Armed is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Chairbear of the High Council with a fair hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, free-roaming dinosaurs, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 32.099 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, liberal, 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 10,934 trillion golden thalers a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 340,636 golden thalers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,170,646 per year while the poor average 72,684, a ratio of 16.1 to 1.

Citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts, artists attempt to convince the Hardship Fund that their unmade bed is a masterpiece, the citizenship exam requires years of study to actually pass, and the only science is political science. 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 76,900^th in the world and 35^th in International Democratic Union for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,843.32 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.