The Kingdom of BURTON is a mammoth, cultured nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, sprawling nuclear power plants, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 8.062 billion BURTONians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient BURTONian economy, worth a remarkable 1,424 trillion Royal Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 176,660 Royal Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Nuclear submarines have been deployed to protect the nation's banana supply, BURTONian husbands are dead good at fathering kids, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, and captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BURTON's national animal is the Big Foot, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

BURTON is ranked 278,752^nd in the world and 2,151^st in the West Pacific for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -77.43 on the Hayek Index.