The Federal Republic of Blaceris is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 209 million Blacerians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 9.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Blacerisian economy, worth 14.8 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 70,614 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, men are expected to stay home to fix funny noises in the attic, democratic debates have been removed from the government, and angst-filled teenagers are rushing off to buy government bonds for some odd reason. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Blaceris's national animal is the Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Blaceris is ranked 80,147^th in the world and 40^th in Equiterra for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 98.67 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.