The Gathering of Bogla is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Bossman with an iron fist, and notable for its fear of technology, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 13.248 billion Boglans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gutt. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 80.5%.

The large but underdeveloped Boglan economy, worth 507 trillion Nopes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 38,322 Nopes, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

First-time moms are expected to be experienced parents from day one, military instructors tire of being asked for another bedtime story by seven-year-old conscripts, citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering', and cruel and unusual punishments are being crowdsourced. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bogla's national animal is the Human, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bogla is ranked 263,832^nd in the world and 2^nd in Calamarion for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 26.78 on the Bus Surprisal Index.