The Social Republic of Republic of La Boca is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister Valentín Rodríguez with an even hand, and notable for its fear of technology, frequent executions, and triple-decker prams. The compassionate, humorless population of 21.941 billion Boquenses are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Quilmes. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Boquense economy, worth a remarkable 4,337 trillion Boquense peso convertibles a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 197,694 Boquense peso convertibles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units, scientists take credit every time it rains in Union of Conlang Nations, those on cloud nine have been relocated to cloud negative six, and shipping canals are a bit like unimaginative cheese shops -- filled with debris. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Republic of La Boca's national animal is the Dachshund, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Republic of La Boca is ranked 331,647^th in the world and 21^st in Union of Conlang Nations for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -27.5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.