The Protectorate of Bjarmya is a large, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 165 million Bjarmyans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.0%.

The strong Bjarmyan economy, worth 9.21 trillion Bjarmian Tenges a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Average income is 55,789 Bjarmian Tenges, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

Dining out often involves foxes on the plate no matter what you order, genetic research is facing major headwinds, doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, and school cafeterias serve nothing but protein powder and vitamin supplements. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Bjarmya's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bjarmya is ranked 129,614^th in the world and 39^th in Fifth Empire for Highest Drug Use, scoring 126.25 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.