The District of Balu is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, cynical population of 5.99 billion Baluans enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, although Defense, Education, and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.4%.

The strong Baluan economy, worth 344 trillion betales a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 57,432 betales, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 346,147 per year while the poor average 4,286, a ratio of 80.8 to 1.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, arbitrary election rules are considered sacrosanct, elections have been outlawed, and Balu has designated District City as its capital city. Crime is a serious problem. Balu's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Balu is ranked 263,999^th in the world and 9^th in Long Island for Lowest Crime Rates, with 42.76 law-abiding acts per hour.