The Dominion of Byzavarlty is a large, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-working, cynical population of 76 million raiders are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 34.4%.

The very strong raider economy, worth 4.15 trillion rubledollars a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 54,662 rubledollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Bureaucrats close new businesses for not complying with the Penguin Packaging Index, ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, and plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Byzavarlty's national animal is the malicious Osiran shadow hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Byzavarlty is ranked 259,810^th in the world and 332^nd in Midnight Vale for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -40.25 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.