The Republic of Ballaria is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its frequent executions, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.582 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, well-organized 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 50.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ballarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,130 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 315,724 Doubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Women across the country are tying the knot, tabloids coo over Leader's expected child, people are careful to avoid hyperbolising that they'd "rather die" than support Leader, and dissident voters are sent on a 'relaxing break' at the Ministry of Love. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ballaria's national animal is the Pig, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ballaria is ranked 4,401^st in the world and 114^th in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 95.5 on the Human Development Index.