The Free Land of Pod U-61 is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, pith helmet sales, and infamous sell-swords. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 4.957 billion Pod U-61ians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Industry, with Healthcare, Defense, and Welfare also on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Pod U-61ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,004 trillion The Pods a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 404,463 The Pods, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,623,928 per year while the poor average 5,813, a ratio of 623 to 1.

Getting an autograph has become harder than ever, colonial citizens are forced to sing the praise of the "Great Pod U-61ian Liberator", it's best not to ask what goes into Pod U-61 City Fried Chicken's secret blend of herbs and spices, and bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls. Crime is totally unknown. Pod U-61's national animal is the The Pods, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pod U-61 is ranked 1,608^th in the world and 28^th in Poetry for Most Patriotic, with 111.91 flags saluted per person per day.