The Emirate of Blehefque is a large, genial nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 182 million Blehefqueans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 72.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Blehefquean economy, worth 8.21 trillion pieces a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 45,122 pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Daring to agree with another politician is grounds for instant dismissal, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, flight attendants rip down curtains with revolutionary fervor, and Loud Patriotic Music Day has been ranked the seventh best new holiday of the year. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blehefque's national animal is the panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Blehefque is ranked 276,962^nd in the world and 1,229^th in Europeia for Rudest Citizens, with 17.67 insults per minute.