The Principality of Burback is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, renowned for its national health service, parental licensing program, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.039 billion Burbackians 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 Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Binghamton. The average income tax rate is 93.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Burbackian economy, worth 941 trillion dollars a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,110 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is raising the stakes on mental health to beat the odds of addiction, preschoolers outnumber veteran politicians in government, national foreign policy involves significant amounts of hand wringing, and offering a builder a cup of tea is a legal minefield. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Burback's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Burback is ranked 8,509^th in the world and 354^th in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 91.53 on the Human Development Index.