The Republic of Blessed Bear Island is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 654 million Blessed Bear Islandians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Public Transport are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 21.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Blessed Bear Islandian economy, worth 20.3 trillion Blessings a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 30,993 Blessings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cinemas play art-house movies to ever-shrinking audiences as film critics rule the industry, elected officials who disagree with Leader have a lot of accidents, Leader's peyote-induced "let's all just be friends" speech is trending world-wide, and prisoners have been known to host cooking and home décor television shows. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blessed Bear Island's national animal is the Blessed Bear.

Blessed Bear Island is ranked 84,110^th in the world and 85^th in Kantrias for Nicest Citizens, with 14.64 average smiles per day.