The Republic of The Blade Child is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8.31 billion Blade Childians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 23.4%.

The Blade Childian economy, worth 373 trillion kronor a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Gambling, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 44,921 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Pet owners make sure their dogs wear diapers, the optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem", morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom, and a major religion has been named as The Blade Child's national religion. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Blade Child's national animal is the parrot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

The Blade Child is ranked 190,052^nd in the world and 76^th in belgium for Lowest Crime Rates, with 57.58 law-abiding acts per hour.