The Egg Hunters of Podium is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Michael Talberg with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, soft-spoken computers, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.969 billion Poduminians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eighburn. The average income tax rate is 17.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Poduminian economy, worth a remarkable 1,446 trillion points a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 207,559 points, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The election for Michael Talberg's office's janitor is heating up, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, the government's economic policy can be summed up as "Abort, Retry, Fail?", and hospitals in Podium are too busy serving the needs of the West Pacific to see Poduminians. Crime is totally unknown. Podium's national animal is the sergal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Podium is ranked 135,541^st in the world and 3,125^th in the West Pacific for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring 72.36 on the Hayek Index.