The Democratic Republic of Benthamania is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Prime Minister Jeremy Godwin Parfit with a fair hand, and notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.711 billion Benthamanians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sidgwickton. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Benthamanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,513 trillion hedons 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 225,573 hedons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only adults may purchase violent video games, the "blue screen of death" forces many trials to be either aborted or restarted, it takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle, and community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common. Crime is totally unknown. Benthamania's national animal is the bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is De facto Atheism.

Benthamania is ranked 205,851^st in the world and 1,061^st in Europeia for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -14.39 on the Hickory Productivity Index.