The Republic of -Bellatrix Lestrange- is a mid-sized, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 76 million -Bellatrix Lestrange-ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant -Bellatrix Lestrange-ian economy, worth 1.36 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Retail. Average income is 17,898 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Harry Potter books are banned, military spending recently hit a new high, foreign nations kill migratory animals at random in the hope that -Bellatrix Lestrange- will pay them to stop, and forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Bellatrix Lestrange-'s national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

-Bellatrix Lestrange- is ranked 296,686^th in the world and 237^th in Shadow Realms for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 1.14 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.