The State of Ile Bourbon is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 30.682 billion Ile Bourbonians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal, pro-business, outspoken individuals keep a keen eye out for any attempt to organize such a thing, and ruthlessly crush it. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Income tax is unheard of.

The strong Ile Bourbonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,305 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 42,535 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 289,188 per year while the poor average 2,285, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, Ile Bourbon has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Ile Bourbon in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Ile Bourbon's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Ile Bourbon is ranked 287,826^th in the world and 7^th in Western Sahara for Lowest Crime Rates, with 35.28 law-abiding acts per hour.