The Nomadic Peoples of Buretes is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 660 million Buretes are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government prioritizes Defense, although Administration, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Z'lopink. The average income tax rate is 77.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Burete economy, worth 92.8 trillion Z'lodinmoeburs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 140,665 Z'lodinmoeburs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose, the average commuter spends four hours a day driving to and from work, pausing for applause during a speech is seen as a form of censorship, and Buretes has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Buretes's national animal is the Z'loperdrin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Buretes is ranked 142,013^th in the world and 3,704^th in the Rejected Realms for Safest, scoring 62.7 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.