The Federal Republic of Belius is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President Ferro Pugni with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 4.804 billion Belusians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Irena. The average income tax rate is 87.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Belusian economy, worth 564 trillion bels a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 117,430 bels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, people stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating, the wreckages of bombed planes that litter Belius are highly popular tourist destinations, and the government has legalised small-scale capitalism. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Belius's national animal is the crested pelican, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Belius is ranked 9,819^th in the world and 196^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,605.71 pounds of wildlife per square mile.