The Fiefdom of Pundio is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ritual sacrifices, and infamous sell-swords. The compassionate, democratic, humorless, devout population of 1.742 billion Pundioans 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it prioritizes Education, with Administration, Environment, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Defense receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 94.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Pundioan economy, worth 154 trillion Monetas a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 88,807 Monetas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Builders across Pundio are blocked up with orders for new public loos, seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies, and home renovation projects take decades to complete. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pundio's national animal is the Gorbusha, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pundio is ranked 62,649^th in the world and 220^th in Talonia for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 46.76 on the Kitten Softness Rating.