The Free Bears of Bears Armed is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by ChairBear of the High Council with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 38.011 billion Bears hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Council Groves. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Urrsish economy, worth an astonishing 14,182 trillion golden thalers a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Gambling. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 373,117 golden thalers, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

Families must live in a village for a century before they get any say in how it runs, the fattest folk in Bears Armed look to be the happiest ones, the Urrsish Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances, and internet searches for the inventor of the three-wheeled steam-powered Urrsish weed picker are way up. Crime is totally unknown. Bears Armed's national animal is the goldilocks, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is One Plus Seven.

Bears Armed is ranked 345^th in the world and 1^st in International Democratic Union for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 373,117.19 Standard Monetary Units.