The August Bastion of Jaegerpondonia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Jaeger Sylva with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, daily referendums, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 4.708 billion Jaegerpondonians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sylvania. The average income tax rate is 32.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Jaegerpondonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,073 trillion bits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 228,103 bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Jaegerpondonia's radio stations, Sylvania River is now popularly called "Dead Fish Run", asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes, and scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jaegerpondonia's national animal is the Earth Pony, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Invisible Pink Unicornism.

Jaegerpondonia is ranked 21,103^rd in the world and 176^th in 10000 Islands for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,944.06 on the Gilded Widget Scale.