The Confederacy of Pondaria is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-working, democratic population of 675 million Pondarians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Slaponda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.3%.

The powerhouse Pondarian economy, worth 66.8 trillion Bullets a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 98,973 Bullets, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 339,555 per year while the poor average 21,173, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

Produce markets have tanked in pursuit of the perfect potato, displaying impatience in any form lands you a spot on the PIA watchlist, it turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage, and surveys show 100% of Pondarians are never, ever tired. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pondaria's national animal is the Missle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Pondaria is ranked 42,639^th in the world and 2^nd in The Autistics for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 22,747.07 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.