The Too-Well-Hidden Bunker of Podium is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Michael Talberg with a fair hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, smutty television, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.47 billion Poduminians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eighburn. The average income tax rate is 18.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Poduminian economy, worth a remarkable 2,531 trillion points a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 202,978 points, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

They unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop), vehicular manslaughter is apparently a victimless crime, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, and juvenile delinquents are fitter than ever. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Podium's national animal is the sergal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Podium is ranked 21,728^th in the world and 148^th in the West Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 50.19 flags saluted per person per day.