The People's Republic of Bamnam is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.934 billion Bamnamians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.4%.

The strong Bamnamian economy, worth 380 trillion Lops a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,958 Lops, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 142,056 per year while the poor average 12,714, a ratio of 11.2 to 1.

Only the wealthy vote, small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants, airship use has soared while property values beneath their routes have plummeted, and Leader tells rebellious ministers to "drop and give me twenty". Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bamnam's national animal is the Tigre, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bamnam is ranked 92,282^nd in the world and 11^th in Dixie for Most Corrupt Governments, with 16 kickbacks per hour.