The Most Serene Republic of Blandings and Fenwick is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by His Supremely Eirenic Eminence with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 20.945 billion Blandings and Fenwickians 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, prioritizes Education, although Spirituality is also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ickenham. The average income tax rate is 1.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Blandings and Fenwickian economy, worth a remarkable 2,345 trillion francs a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 112,000 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Childhood friends of His Supremely Eirenic Eminence are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense, 75% of the words in government-funded "Super Fun Maths Games" are probably inaccurate, interest rates mysteriously drop whenever the CBBAF Governor goes house hunting, and Blandings and Fenwickian husbands are dead good at fathering kids. Crime is totally unknown. Blandings and Fenwick's national animal is the green monster, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Blandings and Fenwick is ranked 8,373^rd in the world and 8^th in Texas for Safest, scoring 123.52 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.