The Republic of Where the Bong Trees Grow is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Lt Bong with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.212 billion Bongers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bongville. The average income tax rate is 61.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Where the Bong Trees Growian economy, worth 78.2 trillion deniers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,525 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Short shrift is being given to applications for political asylum from illegal immigrants, the government's approval ratings go down while its turnover rate goes up, family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, and the word "alcohol" is a trauma trigger for children as young as five. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Where the Bong Trees Grow's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Bongism.

Where the Bong Trees Grow is ranked 186,423^rd in the world and 546^th in The Wellspring for Safest, scoring 53.24 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.