The Allied States of South American Bananas is a huge, genial nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working population of 712 million South Americans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.2%.

The strong South American Bananasian economy, worth 48.0 trillion Bananas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 67,474 Bananas, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

The cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose, environmentalists are advocating slash-and-burn in the nation's forests, baby dolls thrown in the trash are a leading cause of panic attacks, and serial killers who are released early distribute death but not their seed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. South American Bananas's national animal is the Monkey.

South American Bananas is ranked 164,676^th in the world and 4^th in Craftys America for Largest Governments, scoring 12.29 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.