The Ponydom of Choslow is a mammoth, efficient nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 8.785 billion Choslowians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Raidiwanna. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Choslowian economy, worth 838 trillion Filbozas 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 95,491 Filbozas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomats agree to the terms and conditions of peace treaties without reading them, sick Choslowians are hair today and gone tomorrow, political loyalty is enforced by way of chemical addiction, and bin lorries have replaced birds as the source of the dawn chorus. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Choslow's national animal is the pony, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Choslow is ranked 288,590^th in the world and 57^th in Sparkalia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.65 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.