The Democratic Republic of Besconev is a very large, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and daily referendums. The hard-working, democratic population of 205 million Besconevians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 8.5%.

The strong Besconevian economy, worth 12.4 trillion bevs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 60,343 bevs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts, satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness, rumor has it that Leader has won three lotteries in a row, and hell is not always other people. Crime is almost non-existent. Besconev's national animal is the cobra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Besconev is ranked 283,663^rd in the world and 74^th in Benigtopia for Largest Black Market, with 58.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.