The Duchy of Podolia is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Duke Mykola XII with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 25.037 billion Podolians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kamyanets-Kamieniec. The average income tax rate is 30.7%.

The Podolian economy, worth 875 trillion rubles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Retail. Average income is 34,980 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Podolia has designated Kamyanets-Kamieniec as its capital city, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, Duke Mykola XII has just been declared ruler of Podolia in an international press conference, and Eastern Orthodoxy has been named as Podolia's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Podolia's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Eastern Orthodoxy.

Podolia is ranked 88,357^th in the world and 28^th in Terranova for Most Conservative, scoring 70.4 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.