The Fiefdom of Beaune is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, national health service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 275 million Beaunaises enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The relatively small, moralistic, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Healthcare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.5%.

The very strong Beaunais economy, worth 16.8 trillion euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 61,089 euros, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

Telling someone to 'break a leg' is considered a criminal inducement to self harm, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, beaches are empty as the shark population multiplies exponentially, and agriculture is heavily subsidized by the government. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Beaune's national animal is the eagle.

Beaune is ranked 214,777^th in the world and 9^th in Cities for Largest Governments, scoring 10.2 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.