The Nomadic Peoples of Buretes is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed population of 673 million Buretes are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Education, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while International Aid is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Z'lopink. The average income tax rate is 77.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Burete economy, worth 93.4 trillion Z'lodinmoeburs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 138,834 Z'lodinmoeburs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

It turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage, arthritic surgeons with tremulous fingers reassure patients that they are in safe hands, you're never too young to learn how to lie with confidence, and the Communist Party claims that selling things for profit isn't necessarily capitalism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Buretes's national animal is the Z'loperdrin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Buretes is ranked 249,565^th in the world and 5,956^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 45.7 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.