The Socialist Union of Balcem is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Evenlyn Raleigh with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, rampant corporate plagiarism, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.846 billion Balcemians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pradia. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Balcemian economy, worth a remarkable 1,816 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 205,357 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

They say that Balcemians made a dessert and called it peace, citizens sell their moldy bread as homemade penicillin, cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, and every citizen sounds like a television news anchor. Crime is totally unknown. Balcem's national animal is the Leafcutter Ant, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Balcem is ranked 318,483^rd in the world and 17,290^th in Lazarus for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 6,571.45 Standard Monetary Units.