The Kingdom of BeringFires is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its smutty television, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 482 million BeringFiresians 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 prioritizes Law & Order, although Education, Administration, and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oa. The average income tax rate is 48.2%.

The very strong BeringFiresian economy, worth 33.4 trillion Fires a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 69,397 Fires, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Glancing at the car radio display while driving is treated as attempted homicide, economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year, pet owners want to know why their animals keep smiling at them, and wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BeringFires's national animal is the Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

BeringFires is ranked 268,583^rd in the world and 46^th in Lone Wolves United for Nicest Citizens, with 2.76 average smiles per day.