The Federal Republic of Belarum is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President Evan Burke with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 33.841 billion Belarians 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 relatively small, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Industry, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bastia. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Belarian economy, worth a remarkable 9,572 trillion euros a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 282,865 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Grandiose stage parents insist superyachts and private cinemas are children's basic needs, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', old fossils give the tours at the parliamentary museum, and factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections. Crime is totally unknown. Belarum's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Belarum is ranked 2,157^th in the world and 4^th in European Union for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 745.2 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.