The State of Butterfield is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of public education, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 26.339 billion Butterfieldians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, although Law & Order is also considered important, while Welfare and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.8%.

The very strong Butterfieldian economy, worth a remarkable 1,145 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 43,489 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 295,673 per year while the poor average 2,336, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, Butterfield has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Butterfield in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Butterfield's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Butterfield is ranked 198,690^th in the world and 8^th in Ouagadougou for Most Corrupt Governments, with 1.38 kickbacks per hour.