The Federation of Bugong is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 245 million Tagbongs enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 67.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Tagbong economy, worth 18.7 trillion bugong pesos a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 76,203 bugong pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, academics have a bone to pick with free market entrepreneurs, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, and breast milk is being redistributed from each according to their ability to each according to their need. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bugong's national animal is the sea turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Bugong is ranked 289,151^st in the world and 5,375^th in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -7.48 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.