The District of Bombonera is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Liard with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 21.449 billion Bonnies are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. The average income tax rate is 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Bomboneran economy, worth 94.0 trillion aurums 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 Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 4,380 aurums, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military spending is on the increase, the police force is on a recruitment drive, Bombonera has designated District City as its capital city, and Liard has just been declared ruler of Bombonera in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bombonera's national animal is the bovina, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bombonera is ranked 110,410^th in the world and 7^th in Malawi for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.