The Dictatorship of Greater Poundland is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Mehdi with an iron fist, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, public floggings, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.142 billion Poundlanders are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of London. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.4%.

The powerhouse Poundlanian economy, worth 150 trillion British Pound Sterlings a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 131,666 British Pound Sterlings, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Talkative students are escorted from schools in second-hand prison buses, military information leaks are **REDACTED** by **REDACTED** in **REDACTED**, ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, and mechanics are often exhausted by their work. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Poundland's national animal is the £1 Mug, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Unreligous.

Greater Poundland is ranked 22,590^th in the world and 341^st in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 261.78 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.