The Free Land of Bananani is a huge, socially progressive nation, ruled by Sir Dr Prof Blake B Banan with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 802 million Bananans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bananiá. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Banananian economy, worth 65.7 trillion brucches a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is 81,967 brucches, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Workers have their fruitcake and eat it too, angry citizens complain that there isn't enough geographical diversity on the new banknotes, getting an autograph has become harder than ever, and 'To Regulate And Beyond' is the unofficial motto of the Banananian Space Agency. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bananani's national animal is the banana, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bananani is ranked 49,340^th in the world and 601^st in Europe for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,480.25 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.