The Democratic States of Poignea is a huge, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 325 million Poignées enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Deiziadur. The average income tax rate is 56.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Poignéan economy, worth 14.1 trillion Paludoes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Cheese Exports, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,458 Paludoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs, the price of takeaway food quadruples after 6pm, adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère, and Poignea has designated Port Deiziadur as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Poignea's national animal is the Puffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Poignea is ranked 169,652^nd in the world and 2,981^st in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -58.74 on the Scary Big Number Scale.