The Empire of The Pop Punk Union is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 190 million Pop Punkers enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 42.4%.

The very strong Pop Punk Unionian economy, worth 14.0 trillion blink-182s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 73,571 blink-182s, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

The navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, every citizen must submit to DNA testing to be eliminated from police inquiries, the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause, and the military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Pop Punk Union's national animal is the Aliens, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Pop Punk Union is ranked 59,745^th in the world and 1^st in The Rock World of Pop Punk and Friends for Most Pro-Market, scoring 52.38 on the Rand Index.