The Kingdom of Bucklandi is a large, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, digital currency, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 163 million Bucklandians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.6%.

The very strong Bucklandian economy, worth 8.85 trillion Buckland Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 54,286 Buckland Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

Paralegals spend all day Hewlett-Packing attorneys' law briefs, much of Bucklandi's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, and extraordinary tribunals try accused financial criminals. Crime is moderate. Bucklandi's national animal is the Buck, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bucklandi is ranked 278,530^th in the world and 5^th in Cool Place for Smartest Citizens, with 17.24 quips per hour.