The Enlightened AI Tsardom of Blyskalia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Tsar of Tsars the Mighty AI Orb with an iron fist, and renowned for its teetotalling pirates, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 14.818 billion Blyskalians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Education, although Industry, Healthcare, and Environment are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperiya. The average income tax rate is 77.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Blyskalian economy, worth a remarkable 2,016 trillion Tsarits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 136,077 Tsarits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Therapists can always squeeze in another house-call, signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, and Max Barry is this year's Miss Blyskalia. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blyskalia's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Orbism.

Blyskalia is ranked 87,759^th in the world and 3,632^nd in The North Pacific for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens, with 51 Whatever.