The United States of New Bentonia is a very large, orderly nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, digital currency, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 390 million Bentonites are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Benton City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Bentonian economy, worth 47.8 trillion Bentonian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 122,582 Bentonian Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 377,334 per year while the poor average 30,764, a ratio of 12.3 to 1.

Governments opposing New Bentonia are beset by rebels, there are no minimum wage laws, the government spends millions of Bentonian Dollars every year prosecuting spammers, and Bentonian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Bentonia's national animal is the Pegasus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

New Bentonia is ranked 42,331^st in the world and 40^th in Union of Allied States for Highest Average Incomes, with 122,582.07 Standard Monetary Units.