The Principality of Bottin is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 484 million Bottinians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Button Man. The average income tax rate is 76.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Bottinian economy, worth 17.6 trillion obis 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 36,449 obis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bottin has designated Button Man as its capital city, internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens, hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, and blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bottin's national animal is the fennec fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bottin is ranked 32,462^nd in the world and 6^th in Imperatus for Highest Drug Use, scoring 342.56 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.