The Fiefdom of Bal Jar is a massive, pleasant nation, remarkable for its suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 2.48 billion Bal Jarians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government prioritizes Education, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Defense are also considered important, while International Aid receives no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.1%.

The strong Bal Jarian economy, worth 131 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 53,152 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.2 times as much as the poorest.

Children are raised bilingual from an early age, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, and organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region. Crime is moderate. Bal Jar's national animal is the parrot, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Bal Jar is ranked 258,377^th in the world and 1,512^th in Pacifism for Most Cultured, scoring 62 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.