The Soldiers of The Burkish Armed Forces is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Marshall Black with an even hand, and renowned for its strictly enforced bedtime, ubiquitous missile silos, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 12.121 billion Burkish soldiers are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fort Kardolf. The average income tax rate is 93.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving BAF economy, worth a remarkable 1,047 trillion Thálas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 86,380 Thálas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is under martial law, the The Burkish Armed Forces Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', groups of government workers are declared protected tribes if they venture too deep into the Capitol, and anyone who so much as frowns risks being referred to a mental health unit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Burkish Armed Forces's national animal is the Dire Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Burkish Armed Forces is ranked 234,392^nd in the world and 4^th in Argo Navis for Most Primitive, scoring -114.93 on the Scary Big Number Scale.