The State of Balearicus is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 26.972 billion Balearicusians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, with Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The very strong Balearicusian economy, worth a remarkable 1,142 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Soda Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 42,341 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 287,870 per year while the poor average 2,275, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, Balearicus's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, and Balearicus has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Balearicus's national animal is the deer.

Balearicus is ranked 268,149^th in the world and 1^st in Mallorca for Lowest Crime Rates, with 38.89 law-abiding acts per hour.