The Body of Water of Pond is a mammoth, safe nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 8.84 billion Pondians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare are also considered important, while International Aid isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 41.5%.

The Pondian economy, worth 386 trillion bitcoins a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,776 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Lifeguards are more concerned with watching for sharks than struggling swimmers, television characters who ask how someone's doing are charged with harassment, soldiers with colourful mohawks make themselves perfect targets for snipers, and there's more hugging than talking in most talk shows. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pond's national animal is the bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pond is ranked 251,791^st in the world and 76^th in Paperwork for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 24.37 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.