The Kingdom of Pondingonia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Governor OSullivan with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.868 billion Pondingonians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt government prioritizes Industry, although Defense, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scuztown. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Pondingonian economy, worth 633 trillion Pondaris a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 220,841 Pondaris, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 849,098 per year while the poor average 39,553, a ratio of 21.5 to 1.

Pondingonians are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks, the new "Bloodbath" orange tree autonomously seeks and destroys independent orchards, coffee-addicted citizens look forward to baristas getting their name wrong at local coffee shops, and animal control is going door-to-door releasing all pets back into the wild. Crime is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Pondingonia's national animal is the Snarfcat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pondingonia is ranked 13,980^th in the world and 239^th in The East Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 13.66 law-abiding acts per hour.