The City of Ponferrada is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 24.042 billion Ponferradans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.5%.

The very strong Ponferradan economy, worth a remarkable 1,321 trillion pesetas a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 54,951 pesetas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 167,865 per year while the poor average 13,942, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Voting is compulsory, citizens select which government department gets their income tax pesetas each year, the government is seen to favor Catholics, and military spending is on the increase. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Ponferrada's national animal is the imperial eagle.

Ponferrada is ranked 26,862^nd in the world and 1,030^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 52.44 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.