The Queen's State of Benelope is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 32.137 billion Benelopeans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Law & Order, although Industry, Defense, and Education are also considered important, while Welfare and Spirituality aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.1%.

The very strong Benelopean economy, worth a remarkable 1,535 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 47,774 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 324,805 per year while the poor average 2,566, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Surveillance cameras are banned, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars. Crime is a major problem. Benelope's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Benelope is ranked 307,087^th in the world and 598^th in State for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -7.75 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.