The Workers Republic of The Bandit State is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Chairman Ghost with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 6.089 billion Bandits are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Sanctuary. The average income tax rate is 94.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Bandit economy, worth 923 trillion Bandit State Dollars 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 151,619 Bandit State Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest national park is visited by more sharks than people, large sections of The Bandit State have been named national reserves to protect the native tribes living there, many mayors are barely in office before being kicked out for minor parking violations, and a five-year-old and a convicted terrorist can sit alongside one another in jury service. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Bandit State's national animal is the Skag, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Bandit State is ranked 71,226^th in the world and 408^th in the Pacific for Most Valuable International Artwork, with zero Bank.