The Commonwealth of Poina is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Eyden with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, frequent executions, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cheerful population of 10.823 billion Poinans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Poino. The average income tax rate is 99.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Poinan economy, worth a remarkable 2,737 trillion Nugs a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, extremely specialized black market in Information Technology. 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 an amazing 252,907 Nugs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every microwave and toaster is being disassembled and probed by inspectors, the nation grinds to a halt for afternoon tea, schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention, and undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Poina's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Juropijan Cults.

Poina is ranked 75,883^rd in the world and 277^th in Europe for Most Extreme, scoring 26.58 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.