The Federal Republic of Bengen is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by President Robert Vasilesku with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.963 billion Bengenese citizens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Isarevo. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Bengenese economy, worth 484 trillion dinars a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,541 dinars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering', almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, alcoholism is the newest import from Dàguó, and hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bengen's national animal is the lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bengen is ranked 18,809^th in the world and 3^rd in Union of Conlang Nations for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 8,135.74 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.