The Republic of Ballaria is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.372 billion Ballarians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Balleth. The average income tax rate is 47.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ballarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,057 trillion Doubloons 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, 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 an amazing 313,662 Doubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Street crime is on the rise as police officers spend most of their time in prisons, senior citizens are often found slaving away in factories, blue bloods are welcome in Ballaria, and Leader's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ballaria's national animal is the Pig, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ballaria is ranked 196,911^th in the world and 2,727^th in the South Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 9.39 Obesity Rate.