The Federal Republic of Bellcon is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Jack Roberts with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.196 billion Bellconians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Surrell. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 62.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Bellconian economy, worth 859 trillion Bellconian bells a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 165,337 Bellconian bells, with the richest citizens earning 7.4 times as much as the poorest.

Elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in Bellcon, funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals, and tourists are denied entry because of a distant relative married to a Lilliputian. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bellcon's national animal is the Bellconian Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Bellconian Orthodoxy.

Bellcon is ranked 118,190^th in the world and 4,420^th in Lazarus for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,174.97 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.