The Commonwealth of Podlazki is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 388 million Podlazkians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 44.3%.

The powerhouse Podlazkian economy, worth 31.7 trillion Toastarian Bolivars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 81,601 Toastarian Bolivars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

There has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees, children who refuse to share their crayons are arrested, the government single-handedly sustains the bunk bed market, and estate agents justify funky smells by revealing how often the previous owners showered. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Podlazki's national animal is the Podlazkian Elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Podlazki is ranked 281,018^th in the world and 45^th in The Toastic Assembly for Most Cultured, scoring 57 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.