The Bannorn of Lankiveil is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Bann Vorian vos Zaqu with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 5.106 billion Lankiveilians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bjondax. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.0%.

The strong Lankiveilian economy, worth 332 trillion kamas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 65,144 kamas, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Bann Vorian vos Zaqu has just been declared ruler of Lankiveil in an international press conference, Vezkelios has been named as Lankiveil's national religion, fake designer clothes are shredded and burnt while many in the world don't have a shirt on their back, and ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lankiveil's national animal is the whale, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Vezkelios.

Lankiveil is ranked 239,351^st in the world and 6^th in Alaska for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 166.18 on the Gilded Widget Scale.