The Mapuvonab of Bananitania is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.762 billion Bananites are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bigamii. The average income tax rate is 75.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Bananitanian economy, worth 240 trillion Bananas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 87,044 Bananas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, suburban backyards are seized by the government and turned into national parks, the blind lead the blind in social welfare, and imitation is the sincerest form of felony. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bananitania's national animal is the Yellow banana serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bananitania is ranked 10,852^nd in the world and 496^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 55.21 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.