The Empire of Banner Hunter is a tiny, efficient nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 10 million Banner Hunterians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, although Public Transport, Industry, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.7%.

The thriving Banner Hunterian economy, worth 520 billion bitcoins a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Tourism. Average income is 52,048 bitcoins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 209,761 per year while the poor average 8,631, a ratio of 24.3 to 1.

Immigrant herding has become a national pastime, urban citizens are forced onto public transport while rural citizens ride horses and buggies, the atmosphere in Banner Hunterian boardrooms is turning more gay, and citizens are spontaneously attracted to each other. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Banner Hunter's national animal is the crocodile, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Banner Hunter is ranked 310,306^th in the world and 17,800^th in Chicken overlords for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -8.64 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.