The Supreme Republics Union of Ponaktra is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Imperial President Anelik Oxudar Karran with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, free-roaming dinosaurs, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.172 billion Ponaktrans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ponambore. The average income tax rate is 94.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Ponaktran economy, worth 155 trillion Jenstar Ancíres a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 132,495 Jenstar Ancíres, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit, citizens have reported seeing strange rays of light emanating from the moon, Imperial President Anelik Oxudar Karran panders to nontraditional families, and bris parties are all the rage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ponaktra's national animal is the Rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Darteism.

Ponaktra is ranked 186,708^th in the world and 5^th in Konteka People Organization for Largest Black Market, with 38.6 billion Standard Monetary Units.