The Bodhi of Budai is a titanic, socially progressive nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 23.382 billion Laughing Buddhas are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and Defense also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 66.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Laughing Buddha economy, worth 385 trillion Belly Rubs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Trout Farming, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 16,505 Belly Rubs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Budai's national animal is the Ox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Budai is ranked 128,249^th in the world and 2^nd in Taoism for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.