The Basic Nation of Botom is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Bart Botom with a fair hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 30.092 billion Botomians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business government prioritizes Industry, with Spirituality also on the agenda, while Public Transport and Law & Order aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Botomhia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.4%.

The thriving Botomian economy, worth a remarkable 1,128 trillion Bots a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Retail, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 37,491 Bots, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 148,412 per year while the poor average 6,404, a ratio of 23.2 to 1.

There are no minimum wage laws, the right to free speech is being drastically curtailed, Botom has designated Botomhia as its capital city, and Bart Botom has just been declared ruler of Botom in an international press conference. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Botom's national animal is the bat and its national religion is Atheism.

Botom is ranked 278,954^th in the world and 2^nd in Moonrunners for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 374.03 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.