The Empire of Belgioca is a large, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, daily referendums, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 73 million Belgiociuans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 23.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Belgiocuan economy, worth 4.34 trillion Belgioks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 59,388 Belgioks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Leader is strangely popular with male politicians' wives, toxic smog is dismissed as the populace just "letting off steam", children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, and five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Belgioca's national animal is the Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Belgioca is ranked 101,050^th in the world and 3,170^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.