The Kingdom of Pondingonia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Governor OSullivan with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, free-roaming dinosaurs, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.953 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, with Defense, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, 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 17.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Pondingonian economy, worth 667 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 226,071 Pondaris, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 817,523 per year while the poor average 44,614, a ratio of 18.3 to 1.

Mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation, warfare increasingly resembles a video game, the public health bureaucracy is wrapped in miles of red tape, and forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies. 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 286,831^st in the world and 5,069^th in The East Pacific for Safest, scoring 4.85 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.