The Republic of Bovad is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Andre Oppenheimer with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.485 billion Bovadians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Environment, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reriatone. The average income tax rate is 90.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bovadian economy, worth a remarkable 1,161 trillion Lire 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 136,903 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Books are so highly regarded in Bovad that libraries are often revered as holy shrines, representatives soak in mineral pools at the new capitol building day spa, the nation's economic policies have a narrow area of effect, and scientists on maritime expeditions return with a healthy glow. Crime is totally unknown. Bovad's national animal is the Manatee, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is AÞeism.

Bovad is ranked 210,876^th in the world and 277^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 604.85 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.