The State of Burin is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The quiet, industrious population of 7.83 billion Burinians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 63.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Burinian economy, worth 74.8 trillion betales 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, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Pizza Delivery, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. 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 9,550 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, citizens select which government department gets their income tax betales each year, a valid legal defense is 'dead men tell no tales', and Burin has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Burin's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Burin is ranked 257,587^th in the world and 9^th in State of New York for Highest Food Quality, scoring 7.25 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.