The Democratic Republic of Bovrilika is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by General Secretary Bovril with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 2.19 billion Bovrilikans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Queldro. The average income tax rate is 91.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Bovrilikan economy, worth 212 trillion Kribats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Basket Weaving. Average income is 96,986 Kribats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days, every week is blindness awareness week, executions are marked by quiet dignity and maybe a final round or two of whist, and where there's a will there is usually a password manager. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bovrilika's national animal is the Liverbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Bovrilika is ranked 14,012^th in the world and 361^st in The Communist Bloc for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,287.92 pounds of wildlife per square mile.