The Too-Well-Hidden Bunker of Podium is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Michael Talberg with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, pith helmet sales, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, cheerful population of 16.278 billion Poduminians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eighburn. The average income tax rate is 23.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Poduminian economy, worth a remarkable 3,410 trillion points a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 209,505 points, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sweat stains are proof of political acumen, the Poduminian government is the world's largest NGO, representatives soak in mineral pools at the new capitol building day spa, and prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Podium's national animal is the sergal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Podium is ranked 4,161^st in the world and 66^th in the West Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 175 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.