The Nomadic Peoples of Resting at a Bonfire is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 423 million Resting at a Bonfireans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Spirituality, with Welfare and Education also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 42.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Resting at a Bonfirean economy, worth 12.6 trillion souls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 29,760 souls, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, the government considers the rising number of McRonald's fast food restaurants to be great progress, the government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks, and prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators. Crime is totally unknown. Resting at a Bonfire's national animal is the mouse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Resting at a Bonfire is ranked 282,144^th in the world and 3,976^th in Ambition for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -6.93 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.