The Democratic Republic of Buttia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory military service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The quiet, industrious population of 8.756 billion Buttians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it prioritizes Healthcare, with Education, Welfare, and Defense also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. The average income tax rate is 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Buttian economy, worth 392 trillion rects a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Information Technology industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 44,769 rects, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religious education is a new government priority, citizens may cast their vote over the internet or phone, failed genetic experiments wreak havoc as they roam the countryside, and mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Buttia's national animal is the bearded saki, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Buttia is ranked 278,074^th in the world and 6,808^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -9.88 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.