The Community of Bel Techia is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, hatred of cheese, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 484 million Bel Techians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flora. The average income tax rate is 75.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Bel Techian economy, worth 7.39 trillion deniers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 15,263 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award, tradesmen will knock 10% off their fees if customers pay cash, many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators, and political hopefuls must announce their intentions decades in advance to accommodate extensive background checks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bel Techia's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bel Techia is ranked 287,648^th in the world and 247^th in Karma for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 3,770.09 Standard Monetary Units.