The Republic of Ballaria is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.377 billion Ballarians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Balleth. The average income tax rate is 46.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ballarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,062 trillion Doubloons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 314,680 Doubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road, the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories', praying before a battle is a court-martial offence, and the "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance. 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 4,511^th in the world and 115^th in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 95.22 on the Human Development Index.