The Emirate of Bukhistan is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Emir Abdul Halim Al-Masaf with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.365 billion Bukhistanais are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Spirituality also on the agenda, while Environment and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Baâran. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 90.8%.

The frighteningly efficient bukhistanais economy, worth a remarkable 5,208 trillion riyaals a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 556,175 riyaals, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,167,190 per year while the poor average 5,541, a ratio of 932 to 1.

Crooks and people with too many kids are being kicked out of the country, houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries, wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps, and ironic death by tasering is on the rise amongst door-to-door taser salesmen. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Bukhistan's national animal is the crocodile, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Islam.

Bukhistan is ranked 865^th in the world and 9^th in Calme Ybovien for Largest Black Market, with 6,654 trillion Standard Monetary Units.