The Holy Empire of Blu ball is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The compassionate, devout population of 287 million Blu ballians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 38.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Blu ballian economy, worth 11.8 trillion yents a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 41,183 yents, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Murder comes with a cash prize if the victim was previously incarcerated, Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Blu ball City to enjoy their national art, the cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose, and literally voiceless people are unable to protest when food and water are denied to them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blu ball's national animal is the Human, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Blu ball is ranked 225,228^th in the world and 4,222^nd in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 21.21 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.