The People's Republic of Botto is a small, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 20 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 Welfare, Administration, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fragile Bottoan economy, worth 445 billion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 22,261 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The number of eyes rolled per maths lesson is increasing exponentially, the government confiscates candy from babies for 'the greater good' of the nation, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, and stone wrist watches that weigh 20lb are the latest trend. 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 porpoise, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Botto is ranked 54,375^th in the world and 339^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,832.58 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.