The Kingdom of Blikhold is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 710 million Blikites are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Besaid. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Blikite economy, worth 73.1 trillion Rikkus a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 103,017 Rikkus, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A sudden shout of "surprise!" does not herald a party for teachers, code enforcement officers circle wealthy Blikites like vultures, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, and administrative districts are increasingly defined by their taste in housing architecture. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blikhold's national animal is the Tony Tony Chopper, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Blikhold is ranked 263,438^th in the world and 3^rd in Beef for Largest Populations, with 710 million capita.