The Chirping Budgie of Lugini is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Luguini Wenini Twiddlebit with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 10.061 billion Budgies are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Hoop. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.5%.

The very strong a Budgie economy, worth 859 trillion Seeds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,391 Seeds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 272,899 per year while the poor average 20,297, a ratio of 13.4 to 1.

The military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, peace talks occasionally rack up a higher body count than the wars they seek to stop, police officers often head to work wearing onesies and fluffy pink bunny-slippers, and throwing a sickie is a serious crime. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lugini's national animal is the Budgie, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Lugini is ranked 221,670^th in the world and 19^th in The Empires And Republics Of Power for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -3.82 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.