The Democratic Republic of Bodhisva is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Étienne Sickleton with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, national health service, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 3.98 billion Bodhisvans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Still Waters. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Bodhisvan economy, worth 844 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 212,266 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The BBI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays, school football matches are usually five-a-side, traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, and when flight control tells pilots to alter course the usual reply is "No, YOU move!". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bodhisva's national animal is the yak, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Mahāyāna Buddhism.

Bodhisva is ranked 2,031^st in the world and 79^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 70.57 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.