The Communal Homesteads of Bjerke is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Horse Whisperer with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, daily referendums, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.226 billion Bjerke-dwellers love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Travbanen. The average income tax rate is 76.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Bjerkish economy, worth 116 trillion crowns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,874 crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pinkie promises are a matter of life and death, enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, clairvoyants and soothsayers find fellowship at their local McRonalds, and being the Horse Whisperer has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bjerke's national animal is the horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Bjerke is ranked 18,577^th in the world and 42^nd in Wintreath for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,497.95 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.