The Oldest Being in the Galaxy of The Face of Boe is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Captain Jack Harkness with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 27.922 billion Face of Boes enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New New York. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Boekind economy, worth a remarkable 1,336 trillion Boe Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,865 Boe Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is currently revamping its entire education system, welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime is almost non-existent. The Face of Boe's national animal is the Jack Harkness, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Whovianism.

The Face of Boe is ranked 224,143^rd in the world and 2^nd in The Time vortex for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4.27 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.