The Free Land of Of The Bannana Boat Republic is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Venetus with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.725 billion Bannana Boat Republicians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Bannana Stand. The average income tax rate is 91.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient The Bannana Boat Republician economy, worth a remarkable 1,361 trillion Goldbacks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 139,953 Goldbacks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Representatives soak in mineral pools at the new capitol building day spa, people with dyslexia are told to tough through it, the media seems excessively interested in what Venetus is wearing this season, and nouveau riche farmers diligently take care of their golden calf herds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Of The Bannana Boat Republic's national animal is the Scarab, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Of The Bannana Boat Republic is ranked 13,513^th in the world and 351^st in the South Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 101 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.