The Colony of Buttstuff is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.201 billion Buttstuffians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Buttstuff City. The average income tax rate is 77.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Buttstuffian economy, worth 24.3 trillion viruses 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Basket Weaving. Average income is 20,237 viruses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies, getting an abortion takes less hassle than writing a letter, visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage, and the government has been criticized for giving away Buttstuff's territory to anyone who claims it. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Buttstuff's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Buttstuff is ranked 74,017^th in the world and 82^nd in Aesica for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 3,784.93 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.