The Free Republic of Ponderosa is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Walker with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 16.213 billion Ponderosans, 29 million of whom are zombies, 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, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, with Education also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare aren't funded at all. 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 5,504 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, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 339,519 Ponderosa dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,559,301 per year while the poor average 44,856, a ratio of 34.8 to 1.

There's a lot of hot air coming from the Capitol Building, the government prides itself on being smug and condescending to idiots, couples are discouraged from marrying until they can rank their partner on a scale of one to ten, and foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Ponderosa's national animal is the Osprey, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ponderosa is ranked 297^th in the world and 1^st in Wintreath for Most Avoided, scoring 2,447.71 on the Kardashian Reflex Score.