The Most Serene Republic of Boletar is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 281 million Boletarians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Boletarian economy, worth 27.3 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Average income is 97,034 florins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 435,676 per year while the poor average 13,356, a ratio of 32.6 to 1.

There's an aura of pseudoscience around academia, reporters who negatively comment on politicians' haircuts are cut from the news, health inspectors are seen eating black truffle fondue with their bottled water, and streaming video is considered to be a myth by most citizens. Crime is relatively low. Boletar's national animal is the turtle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Boletar is ranked 241,211^th in the world and 207^th in Astoria for Largest Populations, with 281 million capita.