The Republic of Bodusse is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Clarissa Moriarty with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 12.106 billion Bodusseans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Healthcare, with Education, Environment, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Willowbendale. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Bodussean economy, worth 850 trillion pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,289 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Annual Formula One races bring the capital to a screeching halt, civil servants are no longer allowed to cross their t's, military spending recently hit a new high, and teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bodusse's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is None.

Bodusse is ranked 13,993^rd in the world and 246^th in the West Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,289.29 pounds of wildlife per square mile.