The Republic of Bucha 4 is a tiny, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, daily referendums, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-working population of 18 million Bucha 4ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 20.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Bucha 4ian economy, worth 799 billion bitcoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 44,403 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, funding for education has been redirected into the military, wanting a better life for your child is prohibited by a clause in the criminal code, and the government is a clear-cut case of tyranny by majority. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. Bucha 4's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bucha 4 is ranked 292,990^th in the world and 11^th in Bucharestia for Smartest Citizens, with 11.51 quips per hour.