The Republic of Ballaria is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 3.487 billion Ballarians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Balleth. The average income tax rate is 51.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ballarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,096 trillion Doubloons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 314,571 Doubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

If you go into the woods today you're sure of a big surprise, foreign 'investors' have been taking a great interest in the new secret shuttle, young girls and senior citizens alike can be spotted wearing colourful short shorts, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ballaria's national animal is the Pig, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ballaria is ranked 140,162^nd in the world and 2,043^rd in the South Pacific for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 1,046.85 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.