The Empire of Second Bantu is a fledgling, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 6 million Second Bantuans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 74.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Second Bantuan economy, worth 115 billion Francs 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 19,185 Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government statisticians explain census inaccuracies by declaring that "Sith happens", high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, and bicyclists are banned from major roads. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Bantu's national animal is the Giraffe , which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Second Bantu is ranked 26,320^th in the world and 290^th in Europe for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 74.61 Effective Tax Rate.