The Principality of Bison Valley is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Nisob with a fair hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 13.626 billion Bison Valleyians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heona. The average income tax rate is 71.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Bison Valleyian economy, worth 160 trillion Lerdis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 11,776 Lerdis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Human resources employees have time for hobbies as harassment is designated "high praise", women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, libraries have replaced overdue book fines with mandatory mental health assessments, and the number of children one can have is restricted by law. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bison Valley's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Bison Valley is ranked 321,364^th in the world and 18,541^st in Chicken overlords for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -12.17 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.