The Bangtan Nation of Namkada is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Zoid The Rebel with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 12.096 billion Namkadans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Comet Town. The average income tax rate is 96.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Namkadan economy, worth a remarkable 2,059 trillion Constellations a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 170,266 Constellations, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Any citizen who cries is immediately assigned a psychiatrist, surveillance cameras are banned, war is made in the name of love, and Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Crime is totally unknown. Namkada's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Bangtanism.

Namkada is ranked 289,517^th in the world and 1,023^rd in Talonia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.86 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.