The Gooberland of Chalponkey Union is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Chancellor with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 14.025 billion Ponkans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Æben. The average income tax rate is 86.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ponkan economy, worth a remarkable 2,356 trillion Strozzes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 168,026 Strozzes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy, military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives, code enforcement officers circle wealthy Ponkans like vultures, and "Chancellor got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chalponkey Union's national animal is the Tardigrade, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Chalponkey Union is ranked 311,261^st in the world and 6^th in WhenItsDone for Most Primitive, scoring -535.17 on the Scary Big Number Scale.