The Republic of Banerlod is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 404 million Banerlodians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 11.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Banerlodian economy, worth 28.3 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 69,963 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Victims of crime are viewed as less trustworthy than politicians, spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches, citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, and Banerlod has designated Banerlod City as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Banerlod's national animal is the wolf, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Banerlod is ranked 216,716^th in the world and 113^th in Spiritus for Most Beautiful Environments, with 446.29 pounds of wildlife per square mile.