Challenge: describe "your" country

[Beet]

Beetia

Beetia was long since conquered by a tyrannical Ba'athist dictatorship, because the Beetians chose not to take up arms to defend their country, even though lucrative oil and gas reserves lay below the fertile valleys and grassy hills where the Beetians originated.

The Beetians became refugees for 20 years until they finally found a middle developed country willing to tolerate them in exchange for their being a peaceful, hardworking and taxpaying group of citizens who respect authority.

1. Beetian population
Beetians acknowledge that each person is answerable ultimately only to themselves, and thus should not participate in Beetian society if it is not right for them. Thus, many people frequently leave Beetia, while others join, but the personal connections formed within Beetia provide the basis for some stability in the core population.

2. Beetian political organization
Beetians believe in a doctrine of strict political equality. Society is divided into independent communities of no more than a few hundred each, united only by an adherence to a common set of values outlined here. Each community takes decisions by meetings of all adults willing to join, with age of majority at 16, and a supermajority of required for any change in policy. Each community has organizers and a leader, who are elected and must be changed every year, until every person in the community who is competent to serve has been leader.

3. Beetian Livelihood
In their host country, Beetians turned to farming and small crafts to make a tolerable living, valuing thrift to gradually build up their wealth over long years and decades. Some small craftspersons and successful farmers turn into local businesses, but no businesses ever grow beyond the size of a dozen or so employees, because Beetian beliefs teach that large organizations are intrinsically corrupting. Beetians do not take roles as officers or managers in large organizations of any sort.

4. Beetian Education and Religion.
Beetians believe Jesus Christ was the son of God, that he died for the sins of humanity, and that he miraculously rose from the dead after redeeming those sins. However, Beetians take a dynamic view of God's revelation and do not consider every word of the Bible to be a guide for life for all time. Beetians consider religious faith to be essentially subjective and outside of the bounds of reason, and made possible by the impossibility of true knowledge. Thus Beetians reconcile reason and faith. Beetians place a high value on science and education, and push every child to acquire at least a university-level education. Beetians also value physical fitness and challenge as a part of education. Thus every young Beetian is encouraged to challenge themselves through sports. Finally, Beetians value leadership and insist that every young Beetian learn to take a role in leading their peers, in preparation for their year as community leader.

5. Beetian activitism and charity.
Beetians believe in good works and helping those in need, both within Beetia and for those who are not Beetians. Therefore, a regular ritual of Beetian life is to go to the areas of need and provide help in some way. Beetians have a number of long established relationships with charities and other organizations for this purpose.

6. Beetians and Beet.
Beetians rejected the authority of Beet to continue to guide the society as at odds with the belief in political equality. Thus, Beet himself was denounced and cast into obscurity, after which the development of Beetia was unknown.