The Republic of Proding is a large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its fear of technology, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 151 million Prodingians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 9.7%.

The Prodingian economy, worth 8.06 trillion dollar bills a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,402 dollar bills, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

More than one company makes the board game Monopoly, the death penalty has been reintroduced, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, and cars are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Proding's national animal is the shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Proding is ranked 40,918^th in the world and 221^st in 10000 Islands for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,631.62 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.