The Principality of Beal an Mhuirthead is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.435 billion Beal an Mhuirtheadians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Erris. The average income tax rate is 73.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Beal an Mhuirtheadian economy, worth 138 trillion punts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 96,215 punts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rumor has it that Leader has won three lotteries in a row, some electoral districts are without a representative as they are stuck with perpetual revotes, the Beal an Mhuirtheadian government is the world's largest NGO, and parking's carefree without parking car fees. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beal an Mhuirthead's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Beal an Mhuirthead is ranked 16,502^nd in the world and 315^th in Europe for Most Cultured, scoring 94 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.