The Ultimate Adjudicators of The Ball Four Declaration is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Ralph Arthur Pinelli-Balfour with a fair hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 6.859 billion Ball Four Declarationians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Just Behind Home Plate. The average income tax rate is 7.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Ball Four Declarationian economy, worth 381 trillion strikes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 55,663 strikes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The Church of Baseball has been named as The Ball Four Declaration's national religion, cars have been banned, exam halls are littered with used needles and empty pill bottles, and kids' party bags often contain candy and e-cigarettes. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. The Ball Four Declaration's national animal is the ball, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Church of Baseball.

The Ball Four Declaration is ranked 51,088^th in the world and 26^th in The Bobcat Nation for Nicest Citizens, with 17.36 average smiles per day.