The NPC of Balencestan is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Average Normie II with an iron fist, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ubiquitous missile silos, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.325 billion Balencestanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of BALENCESTAN CITY. The average income tax rate is 78.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Balencestanian economy, worth 381 trillion Normalbills a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 114,768 Normalbills, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Abortions are carried out secretly in shady backstreet clinics, carefully-staged grief is displayed by Average Normie II after national disasters, the jackhammer is considered a tool of artistic criticism, and if they thought anyone would listen the older generation would likely say that nobody listens to them any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Balencestan's national animal is the THE DOGE, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Normalism.

Balencestan is ranked 221,061^st in the world and 2^nd in Stanlands for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -3.84 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.