The Democratic Republic of Bodhisva is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Étienne Sickleton with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 3.997 billion Bodhisvans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Still Waters. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Bodhisvan economy, worth 850 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 212,709 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Armed security details escort librarians to their homes, fair-weather fans talk during plays while die-hard theatre enthusiasts stay at home, the working classes live and die on the fields of the farming communes, and tuba players are paid to quietly whisper into their instruments. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bodhisva's national animal is the yak, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Mahāyāna Buddhism.

Bodhisva is ranked 4,171^st in the world and 213^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 609.64 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.