The People's Republic of Blopia Des is a large, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 188 million Blopia Desians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The very strong Blopia Desian economy, worth 11.6 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 61,825 florins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 250,105 per year while the poor average 10,188, a ratio of 24.5 to 1.

There are traffic jams at sea as diligent customs officers check every part of every ship, the only women behind bars are barmaids, political candidates recite daily pledges of loyalty to their chosen party, and travelers often bring empty plastic bottles on Air Blopia Des flights to avoid the pay lavatories. Crime is moderate. Blopia Des's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Blopia Des is ranked 55,343^rd in the world and 1^st in Chriik on Ferbougha Bay for Rudest Citizens, with 78.01 insults per minute.