The People's Republic of Botto is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its conspicuous electricity pylons, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 209 million Bottoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 78.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Bottoan economy, worth 7.51 trillion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Basket Weaving. Average income is 35,935 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay, handling people's data is proving an immersive experience, the contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across Botto, and no one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Botto's national animal is the pooka, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Botto is ranked 29,590^th in the world and 285^th in The Leftist Assembly for Smartest Citizens, with 56.8 quips per hour.