The Armed Republic of Dinghow is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Penny Lane with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, pith helmet sales, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 24.274 billion Dingwegians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dinghowpolis. The average income tax rate is 73.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Dingwegian economy, worth a remarkable 3,404 trillion Dingles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 140,239 Dingles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new classical revitalization of Dinghowpolis is expected to be completed sometime in the next century, the government is attempting to revitalize a gutted private sector, national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings, and citizens receive notices of disenfranchisement along with their parking tickets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Dinghow's national animal is the Combat Wombat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Dinghow is ranked 8,708^th in the world and 9^th in The Kingdom of Great Britain for Most Cultured, scoring 121 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.