The Empire of Machine Belli is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, zero percent divorce rate, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 325 million Machine Bellians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Administration, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dystopia. The average income tax rate is 46.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Machine Bellian economy, worth 28.0 trillion Belli Points a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 86,243 Belli Points, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Newborns are being raised as mindless killing machines, the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, the strong are acquitted and the weak are trampled in trial by a Mecha, and pop stars who make it big overseas are hailed as economic heroes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Machine Belli's national animal is the Mecha, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Machine Belli is ranked 101,045^th in the world and 12^th in Skeridia for Most Developed, scoring 61.54 on the Human Development Index.