The Community of Belalu is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lady Demetrá Vayna de Emelyne with a fair hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, anti-smoking policies, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.07 billion Belaluans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Béla. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Belaluan economy, worth 423 trillion Lugoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 103,949 Lugoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Those who cut young children are told to cut it out, every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, decongestants have replaced Lugoes in street transactions, and large sections of Belalu have been named national reserves to protect the native tribes living there. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Belalu's national animal is the Fruit Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Belalu is ranked 278,164^th in the world and 152^nd in The Western Isles for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -10.95 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.