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“A Man With a Meatloaf on His Head Will Never Go Hungry”

The Free Republic of Buttgrovia is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The Chief Butthead with a fair hand, and renowned for its absence of drug laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 6.989 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Public Transport. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Buttgrad. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Children have taken to using semaphore in light of the recent mobile phone ban, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, the nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics, and parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Buttgrovia's national animal is the flatworm, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Quatloo.

Buttgrovia is ranked 465th in the region and 46,037th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.