The Kingdom of Pondingonia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Governor OSullivan with an iron fist, and renowned for its strictly enforced bedtime, free-roaming dinosaurs, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.965 billion Pondingonians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt government prioritizes Industry, although Defense, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scuztown. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Pondingonian economy, worth 674 trillion Pondaris a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 227,432 Pondaris, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 744,628 per year while the poor average 52,174, a ratio of 14.3 to 1.

Recorded music can be rented but not bought from record companies, nine-year-olds' chat logs are scoured for evidence of radicalization, students are explicitly allowed to write answers on their forearms before exams, and street preachers spend more time condemning government bureaucracy than passers-by. Crime is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Pondingonia's national animal is the Snarfcat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pondingonia is ranked 29,081^st in the world and 683^rd in The East Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 71.99 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.