The Most Serene Republic of Bugg-Shash is a colossal, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 4.708 billion Bugg-Shashians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 21.1%.

The Bugg-Shashian economy, worth 214 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 45,574 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, the average video game can be completed over lunch break, drill sergeants yell in the ears of bespectacled nerds in cybermilitary "reboot camps", and politicians are forced to wear portable lie detectors at all times. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bugg-Shash's national animal is the Kitsune, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Bugg-Shash is ranked 103,019^th in the world and 3^rd in MINION for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,992.21 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.