The One Holy Catholic Church of Bergensen is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Pope Bonafacio XXX with an iron fist, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, hatred of cheese, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 11.675 billion Bergensenians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bergensen. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 51.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Bergensenian economy, worth 921 trillion Emeralds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 78,955 Emeralds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 253,947 per year while the poor average 18,593, a ratio of 13.7 to 1.

Sociologists ponder how baby-napped ethnic minority 'runaways' could have gone so bad so soon, dubiously qualified Skandilundian barristers keep referring to laws as 'government guidelines', Pope Bonafacio XXX claims tax rises are the result of 'curses', and The Bergensen State Museum is said to be haunted by ghastly musicians playing 'Nearer Violet to Thee'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bergensen's national animal is the Jeb Sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Erosian Catholicism.

Bergensen is ranked 304,931^st in the world and 121^st in The Alliance of Eros for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.38 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.