The Kingdom of Balmorain is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, cynical population of 414 million Balmorainians 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 medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Swellview. The average income tax rate is 54.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Balmorainian economy, worth 27.6 trillion Balmorain dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 66,664 Balmorain dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is believed that belligerence is a passing phase foreign leaders will soon outgrow, discarded pennies litter the streets, there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, and drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Balmorain's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Balmorain is ranked 179,631^st in the world and 43^rd in Lands End for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 992.61 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.