The Community of Boatopolis is a small, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 40 million Boatopolitans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.2%.

The very strong Boatopolitan economy, worth 3.06 trillion Lire a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 76,492 Lire, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 306,429 per year while the poor average 12,812, a ratio of 23.9 to 1.

Hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have, the secret ingredient is love (and MSG), bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls, and terrified neighbors cower behind concertina wire and machine gun nests. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Boatopolis's national animal is the Carp, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Boatopolis is ranked 119,897^th in the world and 86^th in Albastru for Highest Food Quality, scoring 21.91 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.