The Federal Republic of Burayan is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 521 million Burayanese are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alcatakata. The average income tax rate is 67.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Burayanian economy, worth 37.8 trillion Burayanese Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 72,542 Burayanese Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreigners with shady pasts are fleeing the country, kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles, most pop videos prominently feature the Burayanian flag, and the nation's faithful often say there is a higher power watching over them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Burayan's national animal is the Kiwi Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Burayan is ranked 11,119^th in the world and 305^th in The East Pacific for Safest, scoring 119.81 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.