The State of Basure is a titanic, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 19.526 billion Basureans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.9%.

The very strong Basurean economy, worth a remarkable 1,262 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Pizza Delivery, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 64,672 betales, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public and the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Basure's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Basure is ranked 180,736^th in the world and 1^st in Republic of Kurdistan for Highest Drug Use, scoring 120.74 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.