The Republic of Bananavia is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 1.207 billion Bananas 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 Defense, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 17.4%.

The Banana economy, worth 56.1 trillion Peels a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,475 Peels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade, military spending is on the increase, and life expectancies inside correctional facilities vastly exceed the national average. Crime is well under control. Bananavia's national animal is the Banana, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bananavia is ranked 84,336^th in the world and 4,070^th in Balder for Most Beautiful Environments, with 588.45 pounds of wildlife per square mile.