The People's Republic of Pontan is a titanic, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 10.451 billion Pontanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 72.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Pontanian economy, worth 96.9 trillion Ponás a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 9,276 Ponás, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?", there's a bright dawn ahead for Pontan, and genetic researchers have been expelled. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pontan's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Pontan is ranked 292,280^th in the world and 11^th in Zentari for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -7.35 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.