The Federal Republic of Pogzdan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Emperor Paul IV with an iron fist, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, enslaved workforce, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.879 billion Pogzdenes 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 large, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, although Administration, Industry, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Constans City. The average income tax rate is 73.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pogzdene economy, worth 785 trillion Imperial Wards a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 160,897 Imperial Wards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens rise at daybreak every day for mandatory exercise, kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history, beggars lack pockets for spare change, and scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pogzdan's national animal is the Elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cathoholicism.

Pogzdan is ranked 173,037^th in the world and 93^rd in Cape of Good Hope for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 58.72 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.