The Republic of Bank 16 is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, anti-smoking policies, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 1.775 billion Bank 16ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 49.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bank 16ian economy, worth 126 trillion Banks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is 71,425 Banks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Murder is sanctioned if the legal paperwork is filled out correctly, a ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect, army rations are served on silver platters, and calling dibs is an unalienable right. Crime is well under control, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bank 16's national animal is the Bank, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bank 16 is ranked 181,047^th in the world and 16^th in Bank for Largest Populations, with 1.77 billion capita.