The Unified Dominion of Berlana is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by High Chancellor Hadrian Aurelius IV with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 977 million Berlanans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Potentia. The average income tax rate is 75.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Berlanan economy, worth 147 trillion title crowns a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 151,176 title crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Employers are keenest on employees who lack family values, teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries, the Berlanan Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas, and war vets look after war animals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Berlana's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Berlana is ranked 66,504^th in the world and 2,240^th in the South Pacific for Highest Drug Use, scoring 84 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.