The Republic of Bucolia is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 226 million Bucolians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Bucolian economy, worth 10.6 trillion florins 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 Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 46,797 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, the slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework, Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, and road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bucolia's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bucolia is ranked 58,486^th in the world and 749^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,756.19 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.