The Republic of Ballaria is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 3.122 billion Ballarians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Balleth. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ballarian economy, worth 905 trillion Doubloons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 289,929 Doubloons, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

There's a lot of mouth-breathers about these days, the nation's police officers are famously miserable-looking, costumed characters wearing Maxtopian Grass leaves remind citizens that the government now sells the green stuff, and new government leaflets tell coeliac children to eat more crisps. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ballaria's national animal is the Pig, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ballaria is ranked 3,393^rd in the world and 85^th in the South Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 196 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.