The Mostly Submerged Reef of Banc du Geyser is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Ebenezer Cullen with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, devout population of 9.859 billion Banc du Geyserians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Banc. The average income tax rate is 43.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Banc du Geyserian economy, worth 354 trillion francs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,999 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Stealing from a clothesline is a serious offence, science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, asking a cutie their star sign is always met with withering scorn, and the populace harbors a fierce hatred of the metric system. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Banc du Geyser's national animal is the turtle and its national religion is Geyserism.

Banc du Geyser is ranked 50,192^nd in the world and 7^th in The Kingdom of Burgundy for Most Primitive, scoring 54.87 on the Scary Big Number Scale.