The Armed Republic of Blagovest is a mid-sized, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, triple-decker prams, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 74 million Blagovestians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 20.0%.

The strong Blagovestian economy, worth 4.35 trillion Zvonets a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,767 Zvonets, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Anyone with an emergency on a holy day is advised to pray harder, churches frequently hold public 'contraception burnings', teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art, and video evidence of cruel animal experiments tends to be of poor quality. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blagovest's national animal is the Gyrfalcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Blagovest is ranked 131,840^th in the world and 42^nd in The Invaders for Highest Average Incomes, with 58,767.04 Standard Monetary Units.