The Colony of Bostep is a large, efficient nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 169 million Bostepians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 39.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Bostepian economy, worth 9.80 trillion e-credits a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,973 e-credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bike rage is all the rage, stone wrist watches that weigh 20lb are the latest trend, every citizen must submit to DNA testing to be eliminated from police inquiries, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bostep's national animal is the Amoeba, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bostep is ranked 251,287^th in the world and 4^th in Juram for Nicest Citizens, with 9.76 average smiles per day.