The Empire of Bud Prussia is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 626 million Bud Prussians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bud Berlin. The average income tax rate is 64.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bud Prussian economy, worth 78.4 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 125,195 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Children who display even minimal sporting aptitude are immediately assigned a personal trainer, children prefer to begin their day with push-ups rather than breakfast, janitors and factory workers are often better educated than the bosses they work for, and convicts released after being found "wrongfully imprisoned" are surprisingly chill about the whole thing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bud Prussia's national animal is the Reichsadler.

Bud Prussia is ranked 24,800^th in the world and 1,238^th in The North Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 54.42 quips per hour.