The Emirate of Blehefque is a fledgling, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 6 million Blehefqueans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Blehefquean economy, worth 130 billion pieces a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 21,786 pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, a valid legal defense is 'dead men tell no tales', and national chefs believe that you can eat anything so long as you deep fry it first. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blehefque's national animal is the panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Blehefque is ranked 210,336^th in the world and 845^th in Europeia for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,065.9 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.