The State of Bernard Sam is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 31.804 billion Bernard Samians 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 minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The very strong Bernard Samian economy, worth a remarkable 1,228 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is 38,614 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 262,529 per year while the poor average 2,074, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Bernard Sam's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bernard Sam is ranked 9,050^th in the world and 2^nd in Coffee Shop for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 8,805.15 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.