The Cocoon Pokemon of Defending Metapod is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, soft-spoken computers, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 9.568 billion Metapods are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, although Administration, Healthcare, and Education are also considered important. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 63.6%.

The very strong Metapod economy, worth 861 trillion Pokedollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Tourism, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 90,027 Pokedollars, with the richest citizens earning 9.0 times as much as the poorest.

Victims of limb-mauling industrial accidents are told to keep working with their remaining hand, power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun, party leaders rely on horoscopes to create "ticket balance", and structures are raised on promises. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Defending Metapod's national animal is the Metapod, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Defending Metapod is ranked 261,465^th in the world and 1^st in The Wraithlands for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.59 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.