The Federal Republic of Burikinia is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Anto Kertajaya with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 14.781 billion Burikinians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Burik City. The average income tax rate is 93.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Burikinian economy, worth a remarkable 3,688 trillion Bruns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 249,523 Bruns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The law forbids arson, murder, and low-quality cheese, libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead, and the meaning of life was recently discovered in the patch notes for Version 1.42. Crime is totally unknown. Burikinia's national animal is the Azure Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Islam.

Burikinia is ranked 6,295^th in the world and 207^th in Lazarus for Highest Average Incomes, with 249,523.47 Standard Monetary Units.