The Armed Republic of BluBert is a fledgling, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 6 million BluBertians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fragile BluBertian economy, worth 132 billion Blus 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 22,108 Blus, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and confused-looking pigeons slide gently off frictionless window ledges. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BluBert's national animal is the Cheese, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

BluBert is ranked 124,972^nd in the world and 45^th in Aeternas for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,874.33 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.