The Empire of BEHLARIN is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 208 million BEHLARINians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 10.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The BEHLARINian economy, worth 10.4 trillion ALZes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,901 ALZes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, vaccinations are mandatory, and married couples must call each other "darling" or risk a fine. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. BEHLARIN's national animal is the Barbary lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

BEHLARIN is ranked 78,939^th in the world and 2,173^rd in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 68 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.