The State of Banone is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 12.176 billion Banoneans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Welfare, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while International Aid and Law & Order are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.2%.

The strong Banonean economy, worth 693 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Soda Sales. Average income is 56,936 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 366,958 per year while the poor average 3,569, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Banone's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Banone is ranked 288,029^th in the world and 17^th in Iowa for Lowest Crime Rates, with 35.04 law-abiding acts per hour.