The Republic of Belongo is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working population of 208 million Bèlongans 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 15.9%.

The Bèlongan economy, worth 12.4 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 59,713 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government puts forth the claim that harming young girls is wrong, Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, uploading purple prose to social media earns a place on a government watchlist, and the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue". Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Belongo's national animal is the buffalo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Belongo is ranked 93,615^th in the world and 769^th in the Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 102.47 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.