The Free Republic of Ponderosa is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Walker with a fair hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, smutty television, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 11.756 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, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. 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 3,443 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 significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 292,877 Ponderosa dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,072,637 per year while the poor average 56,665, a ratio of 18.9 to 1.

Ponderosan police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, reddish-brown is the new black, bar brawls are an hourly occurrence, and no one is quite sure what many government officials look like. 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 33,415^th in the world and 93^rd in Wintreath for Most Developed, scoring 64.63 on the Human Development Index.