The Kingdom of Bourbonienne is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, keen interest in outer space, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.306 billion Bourbonienneans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ville de Bourbon. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.8%.

The all-consuming Bourboniennean economy, worth 140 trillion Livre Bourboniennes a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 107,267 Livre Bourboniennes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 345,423 per year while the poor average 25,215, a ratio of 13.7 to 1.

To 'cut off family ties' is no longer just a phrase, graffiti graces every city's streets, warfare increasingly resembles a video game, and the well-to-do in Lazarus are never on time for important appointments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bourbonienne's national animal is the Peacock, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bourbonienne is ranked 73,925^th in the world and 4,078^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,518.89 on the Gilded Widget Scale.