The Emirate of Bugeria is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.331 billion Bugerians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 75.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Bugerian economy, worth 37.4 trillion Bugeria Dinars 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 Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. Average income is 16,049 Bugeria Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military spending recently hit a new high, genetic researchers have been expelled, organ donation is compulsory, and the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Camel Dung" has been declared a national treasure. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bugeria's national animal is the Camel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bugeria is ranked 54,723^rd in the world and 10^th in The Mood for Safest, scoring 101.82 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.