The Republic of Blahalan is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Thalia with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 936 million Blahalanians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Transto. The average income tax rate is 42.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Blahalanian economy, worth 109 trillion hajs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 117,237 hajs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

History textbook pages are used as impromptu tissues by distraught students, sending sick politicians "Get Well Soon" cards is considered bribery, record numbers of students are leaving school to enter the workforce, and confessions don't count if suffixed with "izzle". Crime is totally unknown. Blahalan's national animal is the shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Blahalan is ranked 24,935^th in the world and 470^th in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 85.04 on the Human Development Index.