The Empire of Bealsheval is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Beal with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 2.067 billion Bealshevalians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government prioritizes Industry, with Law & Order, Administration, and Defense also on the agenda, while Social Policy isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shire City. The average income tax rate is 24.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bealshevalian economy, worth 181 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 87,865 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Footballers are doing aerobics in the sauna to build their hot weather endurance, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts, cheese lovers have a case of the bleus, and the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bealsheval's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bealsheval is ranked 13,814^th in the world and 19^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Nicest Citizens, with 26.36 average smiles per day.