The Free Republic of Ponderosa is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Walker with a fair hand, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, public floggings, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 12.234 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 3,584 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 292,961 Ponderosa dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,055,608 per year while the poor average 58,138, a ratio of 18.2 to 1.

The newest shade developed by Ponderosa's dye industry has been dubbed 'Agent Orange', sofas are perpetually on sales that Must End Soon, the nation was recently voted as the most stylish in Wintreath, and government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy. 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 18,964^th in the world and 46^th in Wintreath for Largest Agricultural Sector, scoring 5,200.39 on the Mu-Bah-Daggs Productivity Index.