The People's Republic of Ponta Azul is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President Gustavo Calixto with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.699 billion Ponta Azulians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cabo Tropical. The average income tax rate is 89.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ponta Azulian economy, worth 438 trillion Azulinos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 162,541 Azulinos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ponta Azulian watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact, young schoolchildren pledge allegiance to One Nation Under Bum Indivisible By Poo, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, and schoolyard bullying has a tendency to escalate. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ponta Azul's national animal is the Raposa-das-Almas, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ponta Azul is ranked 9,171^st in the world and 271^st in The Communist Bloc for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 4,776.12 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.