The Federal Republic of Bellcon is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Jack Roberts with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, national health service, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.236 billion Bellconians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Surrell. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 61.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Bellconian economy, worth 865 trillion Bellconian bells a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 165,363 Bellconian bells, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

Forgetting to pay your annual passport bill is a leading cause of deportations, a popular saying is "don't do the crime if you can't smash the lime(stone)", hell is not always other people, and 'A is for Annulment' is a popular children's song. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bellcon's national animal is the Bellconian Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Bellconian Orthodoxy.

Bellcon is ranked 274,957^th in the world and 10,443^rd in Lazarus for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -11.4 on the Clooney Contribution Index.