The Federal Republic of Baliaria is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 102 million Baliarians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 9.8%.

The strong Baliarian economy, worth 6.64 trillion Hamalis a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. Average income is 65,096 Hamalis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', students who refuse to pray are expelled from school, the government prefers to kill off its enemies by peaceful means, and citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Baliaria's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Baliaria is ranked 127,086^th in the world and 3,284^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 74.83 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.