The Federated Socialist Republic of Birora is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by the Council of the People with an even hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.789 billion Birorans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Veres. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Biroran economy, worth 488 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 129,017 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People can get away with murder these days, the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign governments' extravagances, graffiti graces every city's streets, and the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Birora's national animal is the tropicbird, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Birora is ranked 68,232^nd in the world and 3,794^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.35 law-abiding acts per hour.