The Free Land of Berynium is a mid-sized, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 50 million Beryniumians 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 60.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Beryniumian economy, worth 1.29 trillion crowbs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Cheese Exports. Average income is 25,877 crowbs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Berynium's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Berynium is ranked 128,820^th in the world and 1,998^th in The North Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 591.52 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.