The People's Republic of Bogliqia is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Max Power with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 817 million Bogliqians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bogliq City. The average income tax rate is 91.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Bogliqian economy, worth 76.1 trillion Liqs 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 93,157 Liqs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government funds large training centres to turn Black Cats into functioning members of society, aeroplanes have been converted into housing units after all air travel was outlawed, the government is giving peace a chance, and the government defends a woman's right to choose. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bogliqia's national animal is the Black Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bogliqia is ranked 14,827^th in the world and 463^rd in The East Pacific for Healthiest Citizens, with 12.19 bananas ingested per day.