The Communal Homesteads of Bjerke is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Horse Whisperer with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.381 billion Bjerke-dwellers love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Travbanen. The average income tax rate is 77.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Bjerkish economy, worth 133 trillion crowns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,947 crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sullen teenagers in bright orange 'community payback' onesies can be seen picking litter at the roadside, no one is quite sure what many government officials look like, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, and drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bjerke's national animal is the horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Bjerke is ranked 14,691^st in the world and 29^th in Wintreath for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 5,639.31 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.