The Borderlands of Bedlam is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.511 billion kooks are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Education, with Defense, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.3%.

The Bedlamian economy, worth 63.0 trillion jots a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,708 jots, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 170,661 per year while the poor average 6,743, a ratio of 25.3 to 1.

Tough diplomacy is often best handled with a nutcracker, both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade, many of the unemployed have had the fight taken out of them, and foreign policy is to avoid standing up to bullies. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Bedlam's national animal is the albino fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bedlam is ranked 178,256^th in the world and 10^th in Regency Puppets for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 927.38 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.