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The People's Republic of Buushi is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Supreme Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 7.461 billion Buushans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Goso. The average income tax rate is 91.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Buushian economy, worth 620 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is 83,165 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', and bemused schoolkids colour in their favourite quadratic equations with crayons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Buushi's national animal is the shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Buushi is ranked 198,260^th in the world and 3,258^th in The East Pacific for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 651.23 on the Hickory Productivity Index.