The United Socialist States of Butlersoc is a very large, orderly nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 336 million Scholars are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Airstrip-3. The average income tax rate is 74.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Butlersocian economy, worth 22.1 trillion Logi-Bucks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is 65,655 Logi-Bucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Big Brother is still watching even when your big brother is dead, in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward, and the government is known to care more about its buildings than its people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Butlersoc's national animal is the Big Brother, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Butlersoc is ranked 286,175^th in the world and 213^th in Empire of Great Britain for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.94 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.