The Dictatorship of Balkira is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 740 million Balkirans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Abraskam. The average income tax rate is 59.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Balkiran economy, worth 38.3 trillion Balkas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 51,714 Balkas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gossip magazines have been replaced by mask catalogs, scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards, former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone, and an increasing number of citizens believe the world is flat. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Balkira's national animal is the Cachorro caramelo, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Balkira is ranked 103,739^th in the world and 239^th in A Taco Paradise for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,250.15 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.