The Free Land of Pod U-17 is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and enforced nudity. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 3.481 billion Pod U-17ians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Welfare, Healthcare, and Law & Order are also considered important. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 77.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Pod U-17ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,020 trillion The Pods a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 293,171 The Pods, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,470,174 per year while the poor average 6,514, a ratio of 379 to 1.

On graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons, owning a tractor is widely regarded as an essential prerequisite to most government positions, concussed The Podsball players cannot remember their lineup position, and politicians fear the otherworldly wrath of poorly made cheese. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pod U-17's national animal is the The Pods, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pod U-17 is ranked 138,264^th in the world and 113^th in Poetry for Largest Populations, with 3.48 billion capita.