The State of Bonnycastle is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Liard with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 38.224 billion Bonnycastleans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The thriving Bonnycastlean economy, worth a remarkable 1,263 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 33,060 betales, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 192,997 per year while the poor average 2,664, a ratio of 72.4 to 1.

Bonnycastle's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, and Liard has just been declared ruler of Bonnycastle in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Bonnycastle's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bonnycastle is ranked 191,339^th in the world and 1^st in Winnipeg for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring zero on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.