The Cocoon Pokemon of Defending Metapod is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 5.707 billion Metapods are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 49.1%.

The large but underdeveloped Metapod economy, worth 220 trillion Pokedollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Trout Farming, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 38,704 Pokedollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's arms dealers guarantee discretion and untraceable transactions, national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings, foragers descend on national cemeteries for 'all-you-can-dig-up' extravaganzas, and the navy is hoping to hear the enemy shout "you sank my battleship!". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Defending Metapod's national animal is the Metapod, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Defending Metapod is ranked 305,735^th in the world and 4,865^th in Artificial Solar System for Nudest, with 11.25 cheeks per square mile.