The Secret Society of Bowker is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Andrion with an iron fist, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful population of 27.366 billion Bowkerians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Sister Cities. The average income tax rate is 50.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Bowkerian economy, worth a remarkable 2,871 trillion Triganic Pus a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 104,947 Triganic Pus, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government workers are more efficient and more unhappy than ever, high school bands practice by moonlight, newspapers may not print any negative stories about the government, and the government considers it a sacred duty to video bikini-clad beach swimmers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bowker's national animal is the small apple worm, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bowker is ranked 17,035^th in the world and 2^nd in The Cursed Continent of Lodoss for Safest, scoring 115.52 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.