The Empire of Buttercupmax is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions and compulsory military service. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 357 million Buttercupmaxians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 33.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Buttercupmaxian economy, worth 12.8 trillion Chips a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,788 Chips, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

There is a thriving underground gay scene, the jackhammer is considered a tool of artistic criticism, the world outside is only known of in folklore, and tumbleweed drifts through the nation's shopping centres during the weekends. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Buttercupmax's national animal is the Kitten, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Buttercupmax is ranked 250,425^th in the world and 80^th in Texas for Most Avoided, scoring 1.5 on the Kardashian Reflex Score.