The United States of Pontlliw is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its aversion to nipples. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 416 million Pontlliwians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 9.8%.

The strong Pontlliwian economy, worth 28.9 trillion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 69,557 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

CEOs and corporate executives are frequently found striking for better stock options, the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies, edutainment video games are taking Pontlliw's students to the next level, and many in Pontlliw are born in the purple. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Pontlliw's national animal is the Kangaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pontlliw is ranked 169,167^th in the world and 6,737^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 21.52 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.