The Republic of Ponga-Ponga is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 7 million Ponga-Pongans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 12.3%.

The strong Ponga-Pongan economy, worth 330 billion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 47,209 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

The death penalty has been reintroduced, the police force is on a recruitment drive, preschoolers practice disarming active shooters before naptime, and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ponga-Ponga's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ponga-Ponga is ranked 122,968^th in the world and 239^th in Aeternum for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,630.19 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.