The Colony of Penguindon is a massive, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 2.659 billion Penguindonians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Spirituality, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 32.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Penguindonian economy, worth 147 trillion ice cubes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 55,469 ice cubes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Penguindon's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Penguindon is ranked 146,985^th in the world and 262^nd in A Taco Paradise for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 66.48 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.