The Very Important Butt of Archibald Butt is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 29.445 billion Archibald Buttians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 55.6%.

The Archibald Buttian economy, worth a remarkable 1,223 trillion cards 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 Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Gambling. Average income is 41,558 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Archibald Butt's national animal is the duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Archibald Butt is ranked 135,266^th in the world and 19^th in New York for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.24 law-abiding acts per hour.