The Allied States of Bukarna is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Emmanuel-Francis Mahamadi with an iron fist, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.107 billion Bukarnians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bukarn-Lenouva. The average income tax rate is 54.2%.

The thriving Bukarnian economy, worth 90.7 trillion Buks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,909 Buks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Paralegals spend all day Hewlett-Packing attorneys' law briefs, Court TV ratings have skyrocketed now that executions are filmed on location, one year's corporation tax from three international megacorporations has funded one dozen shiny black pencils for Emmanuel-Francis Mahamadi's office, and punk rockers smash it up and then clean it up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bukarna's national animal is the Bukarnian wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bukarna is ranked 247,649^th in the world and 2^nd in Zephyra for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 103.99 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.