The Empire of New Bane is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by the Emperor of New Bane with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 17.946 billion New Banians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Andronicanople. The average income tax rate is 51.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong New Banian economy, worth 902 trillion denars 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 led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 50,274 denars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is reliant on the principle of mutually assured destruction to maintain its security, heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste, the children of New Bane are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, and pollsters are out of a job as elections have been cancelled. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Bane's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Humanism.

New Bane is ranked 151,014^th in the world and 1^st in New Bane for Lowest Crime Rates, with 60.96 law-abiding acts per hour.