The Federal Republic of Bel Cairo is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Brigadier General Anwar Jabbar with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.248 billion Cairoans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heliopolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Bel Cairoan economy, worth a remarkable 1,030 trillion Kronor a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 196,363 Kronor, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 990,206 per year while the poor average 21,709, a ratio of 45.6 to 1.

The government advises foreign diplomats to speak softly and carry a big bag of cash, weighted heels are added to military boots to ensure diminutive celebrities meet minimum requirements, whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, and the new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods". Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Bel Cairo's national animal is the Arabian Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bel Cairo is ranked 254,531^st in the world and 176^th in Capitalist Paradise for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -14.14 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.