The Republic of Bovad is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Andre Oppenheimer with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.505 billion Bovadians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reriatone. The average income tax rate is 90.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bovadian economy, worth a remarkable 1,164 trillion Lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 136,903 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Books are so highly regarded in Bovad that libraries are often revered as holy shrines, representatives soak in mineral pools at the new capitol building day spa, the nation's economic policies have a narrow area of effect, and scientists on maritime expeditions return with a healthy glow. Crime is totally unknown. Bovad's national animal is the Manatee, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is AÞeism.

Bovad is ranked 326,761^st in the world and 518^th in The Communist Bloc for Rudest Citizens, with 6.03 insults per minute.