The Big Parm Soap States of Poboland is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by POBOTRON 5000 with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 12.839 billion Pobolandians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Poboland city. The average income tax rate is 65.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pobolandian economy, worth a remarkable 3,493 trillion Soups a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 272,090 Soups, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Obstetricians are not allowed to publish ultrasound pictures of fetuses in medical journals, on-call doctors who check their pagers during movies are banned from cinemas for life, in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, and when their backs are against the walls Pobolandians look out for gay men. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Poboland's national animal is the Long-Shafted Turkey-Weasel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Poboism.

Poboland is ranked 21,248^th in the world and 30^th in Chicken overlords for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 7,799.24 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.