The Kingdom of BeringFires is a very large, orderly nation, renowned for its aversion to nipples, avowedly heterosexual populace, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 362 million BeringFiresians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, 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 Oa. The average income tax rate is 47.0%.

The very strong BeringFiresian economy, worth 24.7 trillion Fires a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 68,277 Fires, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

There has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, cold medicines curiously become cheaper when government officials sneeze, museum visitors often bring lemons and black lights, and every spring railroad foundations erode to reveal human remains. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BeringFires's national animal is the Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

BeringFires is ranked 101,634^th in the world and 46^th in Lone Wolves United for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 46.99 Effective Tax Rate.