Population | 2.977 billion |
Capital | Scuztown |
Leader | Governor OSullivan |
Currency | Pondari |
Animal | Snarfcat |
The Kingdom of Pondingonia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Governor OSullivan with an iron fist, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.977 billion Pondingonians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The relatively small, corrupt government prioritizes Industry, with Defense, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scuztown. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.1%.
The frighteningly efficient Pondingonian economy, worth 676 trillion Pondaris a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 227,216 Pondaris, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 762,581 per year while the poor average 50,241, a ratio of 15.2 to 1.
Students are explicitly allowed to write answers on their forearms before exams, street preachers spend more time condemning government bureaucracy than passers-by, children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines, and everybody's got wood thanks to Governor OSullivan. Crime is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Pondingonia's national animal is the Snarfcat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Pondingonia is ranked 256,149th in the world and 4,462nd in The East Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -7.07 on the Clooney Contribution Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Pondingonia, everybody's got wood thanks to Governor OSullivan.
- : Following new legislation in Pondingonia, children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines.
- : Following new legislation in Pondingonia, street preachers spend more time condemning government bureaucracy than passers-by.
- : Following new legislation in Pondingonia, students are explicitly allowed to write answers on their forearms before exams.
- : Following new legislation in Pondingonia, nine-year-olds' chat logs are scoured for evidence of radicalization.
- : Pondingonia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Cultured.
- : Pondingonia was endorsed by The Confederacy of Global Helvetia.
- : Pondingonia endorsed The Principality of Coada.
- : Pondingonia endorsed The Ascended Peoples of The Holy Utopian Republic.
- : Pondingonia endorsed The Confederacy of Global Helvetia.
World Assembly
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