The Grand Duchy of Buchbach is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Grand Duke Clemems Buchbach with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, complete lack of prisons, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, devout population of 6.522 billion Buchishes have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kersten. The average income tax rate is 30.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Buchbachian economy, worth 278 trillion Blanches a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 42,708 Blanches, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The armed forces have declassified their next-generation document shredder, government buildings are being cleansed of anything that might have racist connotations, creating dance remixes is the newest form of conspicuous consumption, and racehorses move a lot slower these days. Crime is relatively low. Buchbach's national animal is the Bever, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Lutheran Church.

Buchbach is ranked 240,830^th in the world and 53^rd in Lands End for Highest Average Incomes, with 42,708.32 Standard Monetary Units.