The Confederacy of Area 49B is a huge, safe nation, notable for its infamous sell-swords, zero percent divorce rate, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 633 million Area 49Bians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Environment are ignored. The average income tax rate is 34.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Area 49Bian economy, worth 49.4 trillion Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 77,976 Rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

At customs baggage gets an x-ray and female travelers get an ultrasound, Area 49B has designated Area 49B City as its capital city, teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough, and relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Area 49B's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Area 49B is ranked 117,596^th in the world and 6,680^th in Balder for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,827.39 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.