The Republic of Budapest is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 23.079 billion Budapestians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 68.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Budapestian economy, worth 55.2 trillion fillérs a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Cheese Exports industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 2,391 fillérs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Budapest's national animal is the Transylvanian Bloodhound.

Budapest is ranked 151,013^th in the world and 1^st in Hungary for Lowest Crime Rates, with 60.96 law-abiding acts per hour.