The Commonwealth of Baanta is a large, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 154 million Baantins hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.1%.

The powerhouse Baantan economy, worth 11.2 trillion Commonwealthian Uosses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 72,654 Commonwealthian Uosses, with the richest citizens earning 8.8 times as much as the poorest.

Veterans are directed into environmental cleanup operations, more and more musicians are refusing to put labels on their sound, praying at the office can see you terminated for napping, and turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Baanta's national animal is the wedge-tailed Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Baanta is ranked 86,351^st in the world and 5^th in New Ukraine for Highest Drug Use, scoring 203.8 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.