The Radiant Dáxlamic Temple of Saint Bonaventure is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Lýderis Bradford John with an even hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The compassionate, devout population of 6.771 billion Saint Bonaventureans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Francis. The average income tax rate is 77.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Saint Bonaventurean economy, worth 269 trillion Dáxlamic Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 39,777 Dáxlamic Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The entire entry for Saint Bonaventure in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless', nations that kill a Saint Bonaventurean can expect a strongly worded letter, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, and families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saint Bonaventure's national animal is the Bona Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Dáxlam.

Saint Bonaventure is ranked 97,851^st in the world and 118^th in Declansburg for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,487.03 on the Gilded Widget Scale.