The Holy Empire of Bovkanionern is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, hatred of cheese, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 243 million Bovkanionernians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 74.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Bovkanionernian economy, worth 1.41 trillion guilders 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 Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 5,787 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bovkanionern's national animal is the kangaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bovkanionern is ranked 316,426^th in the world and 3,919^th in the South Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 3.70 billion Standard Monetary Units.