The Republic of Butler County is a large, orderly nation, notable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 113 million Butler Countyians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The very strong Butler Countyian economy, worth 6.95 trillion rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 61,473 rubles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 187,790 per year while the poor average 15,597, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Butler County's national animal is the dove, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Butler County is ranked 308,439^th in the world and 11^th in Counties for Largest Black Market, with 9.00 billion Standard Monetary Units.