The Emirate of Blehefque is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its triple-decker prams, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 7 million Blehefqueans 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 69.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Blehefquean economy, worth 136 billion pieces 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 led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 19,459 pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religious classes are compulsory for all school students, fat-shaming is now public policy, parents tell their children 'what a lovely mistake you turned out to be', and the recycled air in planes is nauseating. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blehefque's national animal is the panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Blehefque is ranked 166,124^th in the world and 732^nd in Europeia for Fattest Citizens, with 9.79 Obesity Rate.