The Kingdom of Balmorain is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical population of 371 million Balmorainians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Swellview. The average income tax rate is 54.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Balmorainian economy, worth 23.2 trillion Balmorain dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 62,577 Balmorain dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A life spent suffering in silence is considered noble, anyone who so much as looks at Royalty without the proper amount of deference is jailed, structures are raised on promises, and punting clubs and posh accents have been added to the national curriculum. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Balmorain's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Balmorain is ranked 150,364^th in the world and 38^th in Lands End for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 991.7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.