The Christian Economic Archony of Bonden is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Archon of Bonden Sir Matt with an even hand, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, disturbing lack of elderly people, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 1.167 billion Bondenavians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Veloria. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Bondeninavian economy, worth 168 trillion SuperCredits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 144,622 SuperCredits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,094,487 per year while the poor average 5,372, a ratio of 203 to 1.

A firework a day does not in fact keep the doctor away, the nation leads Cool Place in per capita stalking, emojis are the soul of wit, and pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bonden's national animal is the Parrot, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Ordinist Christianity.

Bonden is ranked 129,108^th in the world and 3^rd in Cool Place for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 884.33 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.