The Republic of Boskus is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, devout population of 6.867 billion Boskusians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 42.7%.

The powerhouse Boskusian economy, worth 354 trillion coins 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. 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 51,573 coins, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities, and cinemas play art-house movies to ever-shrinking audiences as film critics rule the industry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Boskus's national animal is the monster, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Boskus is ranked 42,055^th in the world and 63^rd in Giovanniland for Highest Food Quality, scoring 38.62 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.