The North Demetric Ocean Empire of Bantarus is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Anatoli Raganov with an iron fist, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 867 million Bantarusians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Akureyri. The average income tax rate is 65.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bantarusian economy, worth 96.2 trillion Bantarusian Crowns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,935 Bantarusian Crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Newspapers are running a front-page picture of Anatoli Raganov holding a crowbar and standing over a bloodied stockbroker, smoking is banned in public areas, drawing men's naughty bits isn't considered to be art, and tourists are forbidden to enter Native Bantarusian lands. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bantarus's national animal is the Reindeer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bantarus is ranked 51,316^th in the world and 996^th in The East Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,249.66 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.