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The Commonwealth of the North of Bantarus is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by High King Jorik III with an iron fist, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, complete lack of prisons, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.15 billion Jomslandians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marskborg. The average income tax rate is 72.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Jomslandian economy, worth 359 trillion Jomslandic Crowns 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an impressive 167,319 Jomslandic Crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

One-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, adults pretending to be teenage girls claim to have wholesome motives, the nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, and ambulances aren't allowed to overtake hearses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bantarus's national animal is the White Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Wadrunism.

Bantarus is ranked 294,749^th in the world and 41^st in Cordone for Most Primitive, scoring -255.82 on the Scary Big Number Scale.