The Emirate of Blehefque is a small, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its triple-decker prams, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 23 million Blehefqueans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 69.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Blehefquean economy, worth 483 billion pieces 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 Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 21,025 pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elementary school children develop thousand-yard stares, the government is seen to favor traditionalist religions, orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, and luck is off the table. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blehefque's national animal is the panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Blehefque is ranked 87,416^th in the world and 447^th in Europeia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 109.54 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.