The Madman on a Motorcycle of BMA Returns is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by JR Castine with a fair hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, ban on automobiles, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 7.299 billion BMA Returnsians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Spirituality, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while International Aid and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Starlight this time. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.7%.

The BMA Returnsian economy, worth 438 trillion Bans a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 60,020 Bans, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Incarcerated crime lords manage their empires from massage tables, every spring railroad foundations erode to reveal human remains, economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year, and the commercialisation of highly deadly weapons has instilled BMA Returns with a very polite populace. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. BMA Returns's national animal is the Bantha, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Defender Moralism.

BMA Returns is ranked 251,496^th in the world and 328^th in The Yamada Ryo Star Warriors for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 24.38 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.