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The Kingdom of Pondingonia

“Land of 1,000 beaches and zero worries”

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The Kingdom of Pondingonia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Governor OSullivan with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.868 billion Pondingonians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt government prioritizes Industry, with Defense, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scuztown. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Pondingonian economy, worth 632 trillion Pondaris a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 220,549 Pondaris, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 864,537 per year while the poor average 38,282, a ratio of 22.6 to 1.

Governor OSullivan is considering changing the nation's name to Blackacre, members of ethnic minorities are more often called "boy" or "girl" than by their actual names, aeroplane cockpits no longer have altimeters or airspeed indicators, and the government asks not what you can do for your country but what you can do to tidy their country homes. Crime is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Pondingonia's national animal is the Snarfcat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pondingonia is ranked 294,184^th in the world and 5,369^th in The East Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 13.26 law-abiding acts per hour.

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