The State of BJ is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of public education, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 21.384 billion BJians 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. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.6%.

The very strong BJian economy, worth 660 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 30,908 betales, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 191,457 per year while the poor average 2,152, a ratio of 88.9 to 1.

The Governor has just been declared ruler of BJ in an international press conference, carrots are orange, apples are red and food waste is increasing, the national census includes an opt-in to join the government-run dating service, and forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. BJ's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

BJ is ranked 287,246^th in the world and 198^th in Omega Prime for Lowest Crime Rates, with 36.03 law-abiding acts per hour.