The Emirate of Blehefque is a small, cultured nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 36 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fragile Blehefquean economy, worth 956 billion 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 Pizza Delivery. Average income is 26,572 pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Public incontinence is a growing problem amongst the nation's women, all artwork is carefully screened for offensive material, children are raised bilingual from an early age, and the Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet. 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 246,811^th in the world and 1,049^th in Europeia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -3.58 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.