The Kingdom of Burna Are is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, daily referendums, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.826 billion Burna Areans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Amdomu. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Burna Arean economy, worth 155 trillion Areses a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,205 Areses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones, would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", the government is attempting to impose a new national language on the public, and movie references are legally admissible in court. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Burna Are's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Burna Are is ranked 26,666^th in the world and 1,428^th in Balder for Nicest Citizens, with 20.7 average smiles per day.