The Bishopric of Biandrate is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 23.801 billion Biandrateans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 35.4%.

The strong Biandratean economy, worth 968 trillion thalers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is 40,692 thalers, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is compulsory and the government is slowly introducing social welfare programs. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Biandrate's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Biandrate is ranked 193,879^th in the world and 4,858^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 57.24 law-abiding acts per hour.