The Free Land of Pod U-41 is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 3.507 billion Pod U-41ians 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 relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Industry, with Welfare, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Pod U-41ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,046 trillion The Pods a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Soda Sales, and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 298,359 The Pods, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,691,546 per year while the poor average 25,729, a ratio of 65.7 to 1.

The military patrols the streets in search of possible secessionists, teachers prefer to give 'Maybe, Maybe Not' tests when dealing with sensitive subjects, the Pod U-41ian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas, and freighter lifeboats have been replaced by state of the art marker buoys so divers can recover the cargo after they sink. Crime is totally unknown. Pod U-41's national animal is the The Pods, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pod U-41 is ranked 267,982^nd in the world and 112^th in Poetry for Safest, scoring 8.35 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.