The Federal People's Republic of Balkanic Federation is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Chairwoman Ksenia Balosh with an iron fist, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, rampant corporate plagiarism, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.308 billion Balkanians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Welfare, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sarajevo. The average income tax rate is 82.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Balkanic Federationian economy, worth 217 trillion Balkanic Dinars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is 65,684 Balkanic Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Young and brooding teens are welcomed with open arms to the Dogwarts School of Strangeness and Sorcery, only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, high school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate, and elementary school children develop thousand-yard stares. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Balkanic Federation's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Balkanic Federation is ranked 12,675^th in the world and 306^th in The Communist Bloc for Nicest Citizens, with 27.46 average smiles per day.