The Colony of Bostep is a large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 120 million Bostepians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 36.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Bostepian economy, worth 6.81 trillion e-credits a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,780 e-credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sea side cafes are required by law to close during summer, helping grandma with her Misgendering 101 homework is a national rite of passage, public transit is widely considered to be perpetrating the patriarchy, and it's harder to qualify for IVF than for a good university. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate. Bostep's national animal is the Amoeba, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bostep is ranked 149,353^rd in the world and 2^nd in Juram for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 74.16 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.