The Free Republic of Ponderosa is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Walker with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 13.035 billion Ponderosans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Education is also considered important, while Environment and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Santa Fe. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Ponderosan economy, worth a remarkable 4,081 trillion Ponderosa dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 313,156 Ponderosa dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,571,262 per year while the poor average 34,968, a ratio of 44.9 to 1.

Dinosaur breeders have a yabba-dabba-doo gay old time in Ponderosa, sales of superhero insurance have skyrocketed after the government abandoned the police in favor of vigilantes, teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill, and fistfighting vigilantes tend to suffer a lot of gunshot wounds. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Ponderosa's national animal is the Osprey, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ponderosa is ranked 22,117^th in the world and 87^th in Wintreath for Most Inclusive, scoring 132.38 on the Mandela-Wollstonecraft Non-Discrimination Index.