The County of Berkshire is a gargantuan, pleasant nation, renowned for its suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 16.203 billion Berkshirites have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Abingdon. The average income tax rate is 7.2%.

The Berkshirite economy, worth 808 trillion pounds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 49,908 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Berkshire has designated Abingdon as its capital city, Leader has just been declared ruler of Berkshire in an international press conference, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, and a major religion has been named as Berkshire's national religion. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Berkshire's national animal is the panther, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Berkshire is ranked 48,403^rd in the world and 13^th in Terranova for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,961.41 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.