The United Kingdom of Buckhem is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by King Margomi with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 1.633 billion Buckhemians 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 Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Buckingham. The average income tax rate is 39.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Buckhemian economy, worth 170 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 104,570 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Fur coats have become the latest fashion trend, Buckhemians refer to transgender people with insults instead of pronouns, every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, and crowded passenger trains are near-silent save for the soft tap of fingers on touchscreens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Buckhem's national animal is the hedgehog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Buckhem is ranked 102,222^nd in the world and 4,214^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,353.67 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.