The Unreported Sightings of Benevolent 1 is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Mark Time with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 19.631 billion Benevolents are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ellipsis. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Benevolent economy, worth a remarkable 1,710 trillion Gorts a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 87,151 Gorts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rocket scientists spend more time designing slide shows than launching rockets, Air Benevolent 1 tickets have reached sky-high prices due to a complete monopoly on air travel, critical thinking is grounds for expulsion from university, and immigrant herding has become a national pastime. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Benevolent 1's national animal is the human-grey hybrid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Gaianism.

Benevolent 1 is ranked 143,642^nd in the world and 1^st in BENEVOLENT EMPIRE for Most Primitive, scoring -44.41 on the Scary Big Number Scale.