The Republic of Boursmond is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 187 million Boursmondians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 56.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Boursmondian economy, worth 3.58 trillion Bours a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 19,143 Bours, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Moles make up an incredible part of the upper crust, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes, it is not politically correct to suspect that a serially convicted burglar might steal again, and all the cool kids have tetanus. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Boursmond's national animal is the Bourd, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Boursmond is ranked 234,439^th in the world and 364^th in Starlight for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 369.53 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.